Protecting content / locking master Keynote file

Apple, it's been over 7 years now the iWork community has been screaming for a fix to the most glaring problem with Keynote... being able to protect the content or password protecting the file from being modified.
There are so many ways to address this critical error:
1. Password protect the master file to disallow changes/editing.
2. Password protect elements of editing and copying within the master file
3. Generating a player (like PowerPoint) that allows control but not modification.
There is currently zero way to protect source content when sharing a 'Keynote' file.
Saving the file as a movie does not allow for presentation control.
It's absolutely absurd that after 7 years this has not been addressed.
My question is;
Does Apple have any intention of implementing a way to secure master files, content, from theft & modification?
This one feature would propel 'Keynote' from being a hobbyists toy - to being the de-facto presentation software for business.
Amazing software, but 100% useless for business until this error is addressed.
Is it that hard to put password protection on a file?

For the first issues, what you can do is rename the field in the second table and make it read-only, thus preventing the user from interacting with it. To automatically copy the value form the first field to the second, you can use the following custom Validate script for the first field:
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Alternatively, you can set the second field to be a calculated field, and use the following custon Calculate script:
// Custom Calculate script for the second text field
event.value = getField("text1").valueAsString;
Replace "text1" and "text2" with whatever you named the fields.
For the second question, if you make the total field read-only, the user won't be able to interact with the field.

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