A good point about utility&#x2F;accessibility apps. For most everything else though, I prefer <i>not</i> to inherently grant all those permissions to every app I install.<p>But again, Apple doesn&#x27;t require distribution through the MAS (even if the majority of apps <i>can</i> work effectively within the restrictions), so how does the MAS&#x27;s existence make the OS X ecosystem <i>worse</i> off overall?<p>If Apple is ignorant enough to leave money on the table by failing to provide a good marketplace&#x2F;environment for a large number of apps (as may very well be the case), then non-MAS distribution will still flourish. Maybe they&#x27;ll wise up and improve the situation in response. Maybe not, and we&#x27;re back to the way things were before the MAS.