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> Even more depressing is that macOS still doesn't seem to have native containers. (Correct me if I'm wrong - perhaps the sandboxing system can be used as a container system including virtual network interfaces attached to process groups?)

I always found that to be weird as well, since AFAIK Darwin does have jails, but it's only used on iOS for some reason (unless I've misunderstood what "jailbreaking" means).

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You've misunderstood what the concept of jailbreaking means.

Jailbreaking in the sense it is used for breaking out of the Apple defined jail/walled garden.

Darwin does not have jails as FreeBSD does. And the software they have for limiting what an application can do is not in any way similar to what a jail is.

Thanks for correcting me. That's surprising on its own merits, but at least it does explain no jails on desktop darwin...

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