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Re:Sandboxed Mac apps can record screen any time without you... by kalleboo on Sunday February 11, 2018 @12:26AM (#16351333)
The data siloing on iOS is a UI decision, not a sandboxing decision. They decided most people simply don't understand filesystems (probably based on all the people they've seen who just save their files in the default directory, or the desktop, or the recycle bin(!) and then can't find them)

In the macOS sandbox, an app can access any old file, but only ones the user has implicitly told the app it can access - through the system "open file" dialog, double-clicking, drag & drop, etc.

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Re:Sandboxed Mac apps can record screen any time without you... by digi_owl on Sunday February 11, 2018 @12:52PM (#16353745)
iOS was never meant to handle files, imo.

It was meant as a souped up iPod platform, tethered to iTunes.

I just wish we didn't have to way for Windows 8/10 to get "sane" file management on tablets, after Google mangled Android from 3.1 onwards.

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