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Technically, yes. In practice you can't really expect to distribute free or commercial macOS software without paying the $99 anual fee. Even outside the MAS.
by pier25 6y ago
Technically, yes.
In practice you can't really expect to distribute free or commercial macOS software without paying the $99 anual fee. Even outside the MAS.
Non tech users don't even understand what Gatekeeper is or how to disable it. Most will think an unsigned app is a virus or whatnot.
Even in Catalina you need to open the terminal to enable the "everywhere" option and disable gatekeeper. I'm sure this is only going to get worse from now on.
- grishka 6y ago> In practice you can't really expect to distribute free or commercial macOS software without paying the $99 anual fee. Even outside the MAS. I have a small free app (month calendar widget for the notification center) and it's self-signed. No one has had any problems running it — none that I'm aware of, anyway. > Non tech users don't even understand what Gatekeeper is or how to disable it. It feels like non-tech users at this point are used to computers acting up and being unreliable and thinking that everything is a virus. Windows users that installed an antivirus have had that same experience since about forever. > Even in Catalina you need to open the terminal to enable the "everywhere" option and disable gatekeeper. They've had this going on for a while. On Mojave too. Also it sometimes automatically reverts the setting to "only known developers" and you have to use another `defaults write` command to prevent that from happening in the future. This doesn't help with security, this is just plain annoying.