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Cthulhu_yesterday at 3:36 PM2 repliesview on HN

That's an odd choice (for said developers), given in most cases it's a matter of checking a box. The second half of your comment is a generalization though.


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in_cahootsyesterday at 7:58 PM

We got my son a Mac Mini when he was 6. I was surprised at how many kid games just didn't work with the Mac, or how many did work but didn't support an external microphone and camera. I guess since most young kids have iPads or Chromebooks there's no market.

NotPracticalyesterday at 5:04 PM

It makes it easier to pirate your app if you enable that checkbox. macOS attempts to disable iOS apps when SIP is disabled to prevent this but it's not difficult to bypass [1]. I don't necessarily agree with it but this probably does factor into their decision process.

[1] https://github.com/paradiseduo/appdecrypt

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