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... and downvotes without a cogent argument against. Apple is blocking users from running apps (obscure workaround aside) unless the developer pays a yearly fe
by jboles 8y ago
... and downvotes without a cogent argument against.
Apple is blocking users from running apps (obscure workaround aside) unless the developer pays a yearly fee. How is that not racketeering?
To be clear, we’re not even talking about the App Store here. This is for WWW-distributed Mac apps of the regular kind.
- 1stranger 8y agoWhy do you feel it's racketeering?
- jboles 8y agoApple is charging developers money to avoid a problem imposed by Apple themselves. To be fair, the developer subscription includes tools and documentation for Mac/iOS specific development that a price tag is fair for. But for the use case of cross-platform (e.g. Java) open-source development, not even a standard CA-rooted code signing certificate allows distribution without the security error. You have to pay Apple for one, or else your app is 2nd class and your users need workaround instructions.