There are numerous excellent reasons why that will never happen. And why it’s not in Apple’s interest to do so.
The most obvious reason is that it would utterly destroy the Mac among influencer communities and developers.
But perhaps the most underrated reason is that Apple already has a managed computing platform in the iPad. Rather than the Mac becoming more locked down, I expect the iPad will become ever-more desktop-like and take over more and more market share from traditional computers.
I’d contend that an iMac-like desktop iPad is a more likely future product than a fully locked down Mac.
Developers on the Apple that matter to Apple are those using Objective-C and Swift, everything else was a nice thing back in the dark days of almost closing shop.
The most obvious reason is that it would utterly destroy the Mac among influencer communities and developers.
But perhaps the most underrated reason is that Apple already has a managed computing platform in the iPad. Rather than the Mac becoming more locked down, I expect the iPad will become ever-more desktop-like and take over more and more market share from traditional computers.
I’d contend that an iMac-like desktop iPad is a more likely future product than a fully locked down Mac.