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Originally posted by mAxximo: No, as opposed to overly paranoid security schemes. Just because you're ignorant about usability does not mean we can't have a secure platform that stays out of our face as much as possible. |
We need permissions to make the OS more secure. Remember that there was no internet when the original MacOS (and any flavor of Windows) were created! So permissions were not a necessity. Nowadays, permissions are necessary, because the world has changed.
Also, nowadays, your computer can do a lot lot lot more than in the OS8 days. You can browse Windows networks, run a webserver, run an ftp server, access your computer from the outside, etc. etc. etc. without installing any kind of extra software (like -- say -- Dave).
So OS X stays out of your way as much as possible, but because of the broader range of services and networking, things are more complicated than before.