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Ghostmoon.app – A Swiss Army Knife for your macOS menu bar

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Re: Ghostmoon.app – A Swiss Army Knife for your macOS menu bar

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Post by piva00 »

71bw wrote: post #39
jacobrast wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

So that you don't accidentally run malware. MacOS is not iOS, you can run unsigned code if you really want to, but it will make you jump through a few hoops.

How is this better than trying to eliminate the problem between the keyboard and the computer? The user won't learn if the computer handholds them through everything.

The user also shouldn't need to potentially suffer massive financial impacts from not being good enough at using a computer... Even more if it's a problem that can be solved by the computer itself as it's done already.

It's like you are saying that potentially dangerous tools shouldn't have safety guards whenever possible, with little impact for the common use of the tool. Kinda absurd to think that way... If some advanced use-cases require safety guards to be removed that's when the user should be trained enough to know the risks.

People want to use a computer for their tasks, the whole motto of Apple was to make technology accessible to normal people without requiring them to be tech-savvy, what you want goes in complete opposition to that mission.

Re: Ghostmoon.app – A Swiss Army Knife for your macOS menu bar

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Post by thisislife2 »

ctmnt wrote: post #7

This looks cool enough, but it’s starting to drive me crazy how people are in such a rush to put out their macOS apps they can’t be bothered to get a developer account and run a one line command. It’s not hard. I used to be sympathetic to complaints about not wanting to pay the developer account fee. But when you’re vibe coding, you’re probably paying a good chunk of change to your LLM supplier of choice every month,…

> they can’t be bothered to get a developer account and run a one line command

I applaud that they didn't kowtow to Apple's attempt to exercise control over their app and extort money from them. Why should we accede to policies that are designed to exploit us developers?

We developers add the real value to a platform. Don't believe me? Look up on how popular Sailfish OS or Windows Mobile OS is and why they failed or struggle. Apple should be grateful to this developer that they seek to add value to their platform instead of trying to figure out money grubbing ways on how to control and exploit them. (Of course, ultimately it is the users of the platform who are exploited - all charges by Apple are ultimately bore by them when they purchase an app through the App Store).

It's just sad that whether you are a user or a developer, Apple Fanbois would rather (ignorantly) place Apple's interest over their own consumer rights.

Re: Ghostmoon.app – A Swiss Army Knife for your macOS menu bar

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Post by incanus77 »

A similar app in this space that I discovered recently is Supercharge.

https://sindresorhus.com/supercharge

I was skeptical that I’d find it useful since I can do all of these shell commands and such, but one feature I like is being able to effectively pare the feature set down to just what you need, making for a small but very useful menu.

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Post by leshenka »

71bw wrote: post #9
ctmnt wrote: post #7

This looks cool enough, but it’s starting to drive me crazy how people are in such a rush to put out their macOS apps they can’t be bothered to get a developer account and run a one line command. It’s not hard. I used to be sympathetic to complaints about not wanting to pay the developer account fee. But when you’re vibe coding, you’re probably paying a good chunk of change to your LLM supplier of choice every month,…

The truth is that Gatekeeper should go the way of the devil. It is my machine and I paid for it, why does the OS care about what I do with it? The only thing this leads to is making sure your customers grow into good little lemmings.

I really don't understand what the issue is? Gatekeeper is merely a warning that introduces a minimal friction if what are you trying to run is created by an entity that chose not to present itself. It only happens once per application, not per launch. I've spent more time reading this thread than I have removing quarantine flags in the last five years.

Apple has a lot to be criticized for but gatekeeper (and SIP) isn't that.

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Post by seany »

ctmnt wrote: post #7

This looks cool enough, but it’s starting to drive me crazy how people are in such a rush to put out their macOS apps they can’t be bothered to get a developer account and run a one line command. It’s not hard. I used to be sympathetic to complaints about not wanting to pay the developer account fee. But when you’re vibe coding, you’re probably paying a good chunk of change to your LLM supplier of choice every month,…

Gatekeeper should be banned. It's my machine, let me use it

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Post by malshe »

0x3f wrote: post #17
ctmnt wrote: post #7

This looks cool enough, but it’s starting to drive me crazy how people are in such a rush to put out their macOS apps they can’t be bothered to get a developer account and run a one line command. It’s not hard. I used to be sympathetic to complaints about not wanting to pay the developer account fee. But when you’re vibe coding, you’re probably paying a good chunk of change to your LLM supplier of choice every month,…

If you don't want your name, address, phone number on public display you need to either set up a company or set up some forwarding. If you set up a company, you'll need to get a DUNS number. If you haven't done it before and don't know about the secret shortcut way to do that, it is very annoying to get one. Anyway, I don't see a problem with getting it out the door. People can just choose not to install it if they d…

I just recently did all of this but the experience was not as bad as you are describing here. I got my DUNS number in 10 minutes. The only challenging part was using a Google Voice number for the account because there was an issue with the way I had created the business Apple account.

Re: Ghostmoon.app – A Swiss Army Knife for your macOS menu bar

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Post by malshe »

0x3f wrote: post #48
moralestapia wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>secret shortcut I see vagueposting has found its way into HN.

I haven't done it in a while, so didn't want to give out possibly wrong directions, but: > I don't know how obvious it is these days, but the default path through D&B's website is the terrible one. They will try to extract money from you and harass you forever. You had to find Apple's own embedded form for it by using their search and going through some flow.

I think your information is very much outdated. You apply for DUNS number with Apple. I didn't have to go to D&B's website nor I had to pay anything to anyone for it.

Re: Ghostmoon.app – A Swiss Army Knife for your macOS menu bar

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Post by 12345hn6789 »

s3p wrote: post #34
mgrunwald_ wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Gatekeeper and notarization are not silliness. They exist for a reason. I thought it would be a good idea to release the app during development when I am sure that it works correctly and then maybe get some feedback from early users.

I guess OP's point is still pretty valid though, what's the harm in signing and notarizing it?

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