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You have to pay for the signing. You also have to wait several minutes for the notarization process to finish, and submit every program to Apple.

new_realist 7y ago
All malware checkers must read the app binary to be effective. Apple forces the app to be scanned once, not one million times on one million desktops.
- trothamel 7y ago
  Apple also forces every single app for macOS to be submitted to them. Seeing as how Apple has historically been willing to compete with the applications on their platform, that seems to at least have the potential to be a problem.
  - johncolanduoni 7y ago
    If they want to use your compiled binary to compete with you somehow, buying one copy per app they want to put out of business seems like a better option instead of setting up a whole notirization scheme to trick you into uploading it to them.
yardie 7y ago
I paid hundreds of dollars for a Windows codesigning certificate. The Apple developer program is a relative bargain. If $99/year is stopping the developer this developer I’m not really sure what to say.
princekolt 7y ago
Notarization is free and in my experience it can take as little as 60 seconds for it to complete. https://developer.apple.com/documentation/security/notarizing_your_app_before_distribution https://developer.apple.com/documentation/security/notarizin...
- atopuzov 7y ago
  I assumed you need to be in "Apple Developer Program" to notarize apps. https://developer.apple.com/documentation/security/notarizing_your_app_before_distribution https://developer.apple.com/documentation/security/notarizin... https://developer.apple.com/support/developer-id/ https://developer.apple.com/support/developer-id/ https://developer.apple.com/support/compare-memberships/ https://developer.apple.com/support/compare-memberships/ https://developer.apple.com/support/roles/ https://developer.apple.com/support/roles/

new_realist 7y ago

All malware checkers must read the app binary to be effective. Apple forces the app to be scanned once, not one million times on one million desktops.

trothamel 7y ago
Apple also forces every single app for macOS to be submitted to them. Seeing as how Apple has historically been willing to compete with the applications on their platform, that seems to at least have the potential to be a problem.
- johncolanduoni 7y ago
  If they want to use your compiled binary to compete with you somehow, buying one copy per app they want to put out of business seems like a better option instead of setting up a whole notirization scheme to trick you into uploading it to them.

yardie 7y ago

I paid hundreds of dollars for a Windows codesigning certificate. The Apple developer program is a relative bargain. If $99/year is stopping the developer this developer I’m not really sure what to say.

princekolt 7y ago

Notarization is free and in my experience it can take as little as 60 seconds for it to complete. https://developer.apple.com/documentation/security/notarizing_your_app_before_distribution https://developer.apple.com/documentation/security/notarizin...

atopuzov 7y ago
I assumed you need to be in "Apple Developer Program" to notarize apps. https://developer.apple.com/documentation/security/notarizing_your_app_before_distribution https://developer.apple.com/documentation/security/notarizin... https://developer.apple.com/support/developer-id/ https://developer.apple.com/support/developer-id/ https://developer.apple.com/support/compare-memberships/ https://developer.apple.com/support/compare-memberships/ https://developer.apple.com/support/roles/ https://developer.apple.com/support/roles/