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		Nextgrid on April 1, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Zoom has a signed binary that runs any unsigned sc... Part of Apple's value proposition (to me at least) is that they are (supposed) to keep the bad guys away from the platform and have a huge influence on app developers to force them to comply with their rules.

amelius on April 1, 2020 [–]

But it provides a false sense of security.

valuearb on April 1, 2020 | [–]

Statistics say otherwise.

pubstik on April 1, 2020 | | [–]

And yet, here we are. Again.

Fact is that the 3rd party apple ecosystem just moves more slowly, breaking less, but fixing less too.

Tradeoffs, not superiority, are the choices offered to consumers currently.

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