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you can run software on macOS that isn't signed by apple.
by chillaxtian 10y ago
you can run software on macOS that isn't signed by apple.
- ktRolster 10y agoNot on the iPhone, and you know it.
- mercutio2 10y agoYou can, for zero cost, run arbitrary code, without a paid Apple signature, on your own personal iPhone. You just need a Mac. What you can't do is distribute a binary for general use without paying Apple ($100/year) to sign your code.
- WayneBro 10y agoSeriously? Explain that to the 500 person company that I'm writing an app for. We have to pay $299/year to Apple just for the privilege of putting software on our own fucking devices. That's some bullshit right there. The free option is worth exactly shit for such a large organization. The $100/year is to get in the public app store where your app must obey every arbitrary rule that Apple invents. They actually have a clause that says they can kick you out of the store for any reason they want without justification. Why does anyone defend that sort of behavior?
- msane 10y agoIt's the cleanest mass market app store in existence. Highest quality apps, least malware.
- WayneBro 10y agoGood for Apple. None of that would change if there was a simple free option for sideloading though.
- msane 10y agoPeople wouldn't sideload malware?
- WayneBro 10y agoApple having a safe store wouldn't change.
- msane 10y agoBut would they still have a safe platform?
- WayneBro 10y agoYou moved the goal posts. But yes, it could still absolutely be safe. Why do you think otherwise? Does Apple hold a patent on publishing malware-free apps? No. They do not.
- msane 10y agoThe intent is keeping the entire platform free from malware and junk. Your app may be malware free, but it's pretty obvious there are many others which would not be.
- WayneBro 10y agoSure. Great. It's not an open platform though and you cannot run your own software on it if you're a business. So that really sucks for a lot of businesses. Nothing you've said has countered that. I'm really happy that your concerns have been met. Mine and millions of others' haven't.
- ktRolster 10y agoWhat you can't do is distribute a binary for general use without paying Apple ($100/year) to sign your code. Exactly. It's a locked down platform.