OS X Mountain Lion and Gatekeeper

So, Apple announced OS X Mountain Lion today.

One major feature of Mountain Lion is Gatekeeper, which Apple says “helps prevent you from unknowingly downloading and installing malicious software”. 

Normally, I would expect a basic On/Off switch, which would either lock you to using the Mac App Store or not. 

Instead, Apple is investing the time into giving you an in-between option as well: allowing *signed* apps downloaded from anywhere. This shows an investment that Apple doesn’t want to lock down OS X, like people have been saying, but that Apple is still dedicated to focusing on how consumers use their computer. 

This in-between option shows that Apple is invested in your freedom in computing.

Gatekeeper, according to journalists, is enabled by default, but can be overridden in settings or with a password at the time of override.

I think Apple got this one right.