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Re:Mac App Store denial by tofumatt on Tuesday December 14, 2010 @10:12AM (#2004393)
Apple will not prevent ad-hoc app distribution on the Mac; doing so would prevent Adobe from releasing Creative Suite on the Mac because of their non-App Store-compatible licensing.

Won't happen. Or if it does, easy: time to leave the Mac.

Re:Mac App Store denial by lukeschlather on Tuesday December 14, 2010 @10:23AM (#2004427)
For most people a $600+ dollar purchase with highly depreciating value is not something you can just walk away from.
Re:Mac App Store denial by aristidb on Tuesday December 14, 2010 @12:20PM (#2004869)
Given that this will certainly not happen in the next 2+ years, I think you would have gotten some value from the device by that time.