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Re:Temptation of the Apple: Dolphin on macOS M1 by heavyset_go on Monday May 24, 2021 @09:36PM (#27271760)
> It's not locked down

You can't run unsigned ARM binaries on M1 Macs. Hell, you can't run un-Notarized apps on any Mac running a recent macOS release without knowing some arcane trick to open them.

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Re:Temptation of the Apple: Dolphin on macOS M1 by Wowfunhappy on Monday May 24, 2021 @10:40PM (#27272074)
> You can't run unsigned ARM binaries on M1 Macs

They need to be ad-hoc codesigned; ie, codesigned with a certificate you made up on the fly, unapproved by any one. This is an implementation detail and nothing more; Apple likely did it to simplify how binaries are loaded.

Running un-Notarized apps is extremely trivial if you know how to use the Terminal. IMO, anything you can easily turn off if you want to is "not locked down".

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