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Medallions are an artificial constraint on supply -- the point of them is to shrink the market. Code signing provides a benefit -- it's a way for a user to ensu
by cwyers 8y ago
Medallions are an artificial constraint on supply -- the point of them is to shrink the market. Code signing provides a benefit -- it's a way for a user to ensure they have the right installer and that it wasn't changed by a nefarious third party.
- tomc1985 8y agoAnd are code-signing certs really so different? The reporting and regulatory requirements behind them make me think that they are an intentional barrier-to-entry for newcomers, amateurs, and startups, and the business student in me admires their moat-like quality. Code-signing certs lock a lot of people out of certain channels of software distribution