What Happens When You Install the Top Download.com Apps
And this is why Apple created Gatekeeper and made the Mac OS X App Store so ridiculously onerous for developers[1]. The software world is, for all intents and purposes, a thin sheen of gold flecks and diamonds atop a <i>veritable cesspool</i> of shit.<p>You can just imagine the conversation at 1 Infinite Loop:<p><pre><code>    Marketer: The Panic guys are considering pulling
    out of the App Store. Maybe we should reconsider
    our App Store strategy to make it more inclusive.

    Product Manager: Have you seen the top 10 downloads
    from Download.com? They literally destroy your
    operating system.

    Marketer: ...
</code></pre>
All that said, I'm disappointed with many of the restrictions that Apple places on iOS and OS X developers, but, after reading an article like this, I'm reminded why these restrictions exist, and that it's our own fault.<p>[1] and sandboxed iOS apps, and made the iOS App Store the only way to install iOS apps without jailbreaking your phone.