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Yes, which is why i wrote "you cannot run unsigned software" and the part about slippery slope.

• saagarjha 6y ago
  That's exactly what I'm confused about, where is the slippery slope? It's an extra step in your build process–an annoyance, not a slope. It's like if there was a requirement that macOS would not run binaries unless you stuck "APPLEISCOOL" at the front of all your binaries.
  • ccmcarey 6y ago
    but who does this new step help?
    • saagarjha 6y ago
      As far as I understand, there are (surprisingly many) different code paths in the operating system based on whether a binary is signed or not and I would guess that Apple no longer wants to keep around the one where unsigned binaries are a thing.
  • badsectoracula 6y ago
    The slippery slope is at the point where a few years ago you could run any application you wanted, then you started getting some scary messages for unsigned applications but still could run applications, then you had to work around the scary messages and now you cannot run unsigned applications. So, what follows next? Hence the slope.