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I understand that people are worried that Apple will abuse their power and be unreasonable about granting exceptions but honestly after building many apps on the outside and seeing how things work from the inside for a year (during Lion dev) I don't think that will necessarily be the case.

Sandboxing will make OS X more secure, and that's a good thing, especially as the OS X install base pushes towards the 15% range and beyond providing a juicy target for our friends on the dark side.

Let's hope I'm right and Apple plays fair because I would like the two App Stores to keep paying my bills while there are still people who are wrong on the Internet.



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