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> Do they exert creative control over things that are submitted for notarization? No, they don't, but the article covers two different topics: notarizing apps

by cannam 7y ago

> Do they exert creative control over things that are submitted for notarization? No, they don't, but the article covers two different topics: notarizing apps for macOS desktop (for which you have to pay the developer fee, where previously there was no need to), and distributing apps through the iOS app store (for which you have to pay the developer fee and lose creative control). Presumably the app store is relevant because there is no other way to distribute apps for iOS.

m_eiman 7y ago
But notarizing apps for macOS is free?
- sukilot 7y ago
  Not according to Apple. If you try to notarize an app, you chase links for a while untyil you get to https://help.apple.com/xcode/mac/current/#/devac02c5ab8 https://help.apple.com/xcode/mac/current/#/devac02c5ab8, and then to get a Developer ID, you chase links for a while until you get to https://developer.apple.com/support/purchase-activation/ https://developer.apple.com/support/purchase-activation/ If it's free, it's pretty well hidden, like US tax prep companies' legally mandated "Free File".
  - m463 7y ago
    To get a developer id, I believe you sign a contract with apple.
  - m_eiman 7y ago
    Huh. When they talked about notarization at WWDC it sounded like it'd be available as a free service for anyone, but I might be misremembering.