Yet another move by apple to take away your control over your own machine. Some parts of the filesystem become off limits, even as root. But installers have access! That's kinda nuts.
Obviously: most users wont care or notice. But when you combine this with other changes apple has made; it's clear where they're taking OS X: just as unfriendly to tinkering and exploration as their hardware.
Obviously: most users wont care or notice. But when you combine this with other changes apple has made; it's clear where they're taking OS X: just as unfriendly to tinkering and exploration as their hardware.