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Re:Making macOS Apps Uninstallable by jdminhbg on Friday February 17, 2023 @08:14PM (#34842823)
> That's also Apple's fault isn't it?

Sure, but if they locked things down the way you’re proposing, people would absolutely lose their minds about the iOSification of macOS.

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Re:Making macOS Apps Uninstallable by AbusiveHNAdmin on Friday February 17, 2023 @09:30PM (#34843234)
supporting uninstallation ≠ locking down
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Re:Making macOS Apps Uninstallable by jdminhbg on Friday February 17, 2023 @11:44PM (#34843978)
Supporting uninstallation by restricting applications to a sandbox that can be cleaned up == locking down
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Re:Making macOS Apps Uninstallable by AbusiveHNAdmin on Sunday February 19, 2023 @06:46PM (#34863124)
Yep.
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