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I love when my Mac declares random PDFs malware and deletes them when I try to open them. On two occasions I've been completely dumbstruck when the software I was using was deleted out from under me. I'm not a fan of the overuse of "gaslight", but it sure felt like that when I had to restart Docker and the OS was like "what do you mean, Docker? You've never had Docker installed! What are you talking about? Are you fe…
Try to open the file, say ok to the ‘can’t check for malware’ prompt, go to settings, security, approve running the software. Annoying, but if you’re delivering your app to semi-technical users, not really a problem.
I am not entirely against the whole notarization thing. If it is good for the end-user, it is usually also good for the ecosystem a a whole, trust is valuable. But ffs, they are rich enough to make this a lot less painful and hostile for developers. And this is not a new thing, I used to develop games for iOS, from the very beginning, and while the process somewhat simplified over time, it was a huge cortisol inducin…
Free business idea: get an Apple developer account and then agree to sign code for other people in exchange for a small piece of their income. I'm surprised that doesn't exist yet (or does it?).
Any user who does not like Gatekeeper can turn it off on their machine in ten seconds by running this in a Terminal: sudo spctl —-master-disable People will say, no, that’s too big a hammer, it’s not safe… but then, like, what do you actually want? Either you keep Gatekeeper because you like the friction it introduces, or you don’t like that friction and you should go turn it off. Pick one, you obviously can’t have b…
This has more to do with putting up a scary dialog for normies than it does protecting anyone. A non-technical user isn't going to go bypass this in the terminal, they're going to run back to the App Store where Apple can collect that sweet 30% and analytics.
As a user I actually like Gatekeeper. 95% of the time it's not a problem. the other 5% of the time I have to click a button in my settings to allow unsigned code. But at least it gives me pause to think about the source and if I really trust it (which is mostly offloaded to Apple the other 95% of the time). Free business idea: get an Apple developer account and then agree to sign code for other people in exchange for…
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10 seconds or 30 seconds, it's just too much friction to ask end users to do. I actually develop on a Mac, but I've written off Apple as a target system for hobby/open source projects. Between quarantine, code signing, and notarizing (which requires $99 a year), it's just not worth it. Good for Apple users if they like this shit--I'm just not going to bother with distributing to the platform anymore. macOS is slowly…
Isn't code signing even harder/more expensive on Windows?
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/48946680/how-to-avoid-th...
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They want to have a way for users to pay them. Itch.io has that, homebrew doesn't.
Okay, but then the argument that Apple is charging them to certify their software and that is excluding hobbyists falls away doesn’t it? Now you’re not a hobbyist.
2. The expected income is way less than the developer fee, much less the expensive hardware required.
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Okay, but then the argument that Apple is charging them to certify their software and that is excluding hobbyists falls away doesn’t it? Now you’re not a hobbyist.
1. Having a way for some users to show their appreciation by paying you a few bucks doesn't make it not a hobby 2. The expected income is way less than the developer fee, much less the expensive hardware required.
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10 seconds or 30 seconds, it's just too much friction to ask end users to do. I actually develop on a Mac, but I've written off Apple as a target system for hobby/open source projects. Between quarantine, code signing, and notarizing (which requires $99 a year), it's just not worth it. Good for Apple users if they like this shit--I'm just not going to bother with distributing to the platform anymore. macOS is slowly…
Isn't code signing even harder/more expensive on Windows?