This doesn't make much sense. Notarization is for the benefit of users, not developers. To an aspiring young dev, the right-click-opening Mac user market offer

This doesn't make much sense. Notarization is for the benefit of users, not developers. To an aspiring young dev, the right-click-opening Mac user market offers more users than the Linux market. For a user, right-click-open is easier than installing Linux.