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[โ€“] Infamousblt@hexbear.net 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Saying applications don't exist in this way is like saying books don't exist because they're actually just paper glue ink leather and wood

Lol, I'm agreeing with you. I'm just trying to make it clear that there is an actual special distinction in macos between an app package and an executable file. Which is why this design decision makes total sense.

App packages are closer to flatpacks in Linux. Windows just has the exe binaries with registry info for them. It's good design to visually distinguish different concepts in the GUI.