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Yes, you can sign an app with a third party certificate, but only a Developer ID certificate works with Gatekeeper. And there is no app review when you notarise

Yes, you can sign an app with a third party certificate, but only a Developer ID certificate works with Gatekeeper. And there is no app review when you notarise and app anyway.

thefounder 8y ago
Of course it's a review process. That's why you need a developer ID. The only difference is that the app will be reviewed "later". Here is an example: You sign an app like "uTorrent", all is working great, people can download and run it. Then mpaa tells Apple to ban your application because it's used to pirate their content. Apple now "reviews" your app and suspends your developer id. O top of that it tells gatekeeper to stop running the installed instances. Review done! Any question? Please review our TOS to find out why we blocked your app...bla bla blah
- rahkiin 8y ago
  And then uTorrent is released again as an unsigned app and everybody can happily keep on torrenting.
- galad87 8y ago
  No it's not. It's an automated malware scan. They can already revoke Developer ID certificates and block whatever they want by updating XProtect (even unsigned apps).