Comment by simondotau

I agree there’s a lot of security paternalism, but the "trusted appliance" model is also the objectively correct choice for 99 percent of users. The real frog-in-warming-water problem, in my view, isn’t control being taken away — it’s the exponential growth of operating system complexity and connectivity. Computers are becoming more of a window into our souls every year, and with that the terrible opportunities for bad actors grows too.

Ultimately, choosing macOS is choosing to trust Apple. So the real question is: what do I get in return for that trust? As a "1 percenter" you’d think I’d resent ceding control. But when I look at Gatekeeper, notarization, Signed System Volume, and the rest, my reaction is: thank you, Apple, for doing your fucking job — for doing what I pay YOU to do for ME. I don't want to think about kernel extensions or rootkits, just keep my computer secure. Even as a 1 percenter, I still treat my main desktop as an appliance. Any time I want to go deeper into a computer, I'm in an ssh terminal to Linux machines under my control.

For me the logic is simple. If I don’t trust Apple to manage the security of my computer, then I shouldn’t be running macOS, period. Personally, I do trust Apple as much as I can trust anyone, including the presumptively honourable neckbeards who oversee your favourite Linux distro.