IMO sandboxing on desktop is failed attempt. Browser is a sandbox platform. Nobody will download some shady application and run it, even if it&#x27;s sandboxed (but a lot of people don&#x27;t really mind to visit a shady website).<p>If an application is in AppStore, it means that Apple got some legal documents from developer, it means that Apple performed some automated scans on application binaries. For me it&#x27;s enough to have some trust. Sandboxing is not needed and it actually making some apps unusable or even impossible to implement.<p>Desktop apps always were in control of the entire computer. And they are now, unless you are downloading them from the AppStore. That&#x27;s why a PC is much more useful than an iPad or iPhone for power users.