You shouldn't require a business relationship in order to publish software on a general purpose computing platform. macOS was always a general purpose computin

You shouldn't require a business relationship in order to publish software on a general purpose computing platform. macOS was always a general purpose computing platform, anyone could publish software for it. iOS has not been seen as a general purpose computing platform, merely "a phone", and hence Apple's tight control has been seen as justifiable. Apple added notarization of software to macOS last year, and in response to fears that this was another step on the path of "iOS-ification" of macOS, promised that it was not going to be used for anything but to stop bona-fide malware. This stunt shows that that was bullshit, and the iOS-ification of macOS is complete. macOS is no longer a general purpose computing platform, it is now also a software console, with Apple as a gatekeeper.