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To be frank, Mac is not a model I would want to follow. I am the sysadmin and owner of my machine, not Apple or some other organization. They have no business
by oauea 6y ago
To be frank, Mac is not a model I would want to follow.
I am the sysadmin and owner of my machine, not Apple or some other organization. They have no business telling me what software I can and can't run, or what files that software can access.
- user-the-name 6y agoThey do neither.
- oauea 6y agoThey most definitely do, using their developer program. Look up Apple vs Epic for a case where they weaponized this.
- user-the-name 6y agoYou can run any software you want on macOS. You can't publish any software you want on the App Store.
- oauea 6y agohttps://developer.apple.com/documentation/xcode/notarizing_macos_software_before_distribution https://developer.apple.com/documentation/xcode/notarizing_m... > Beginning in macOS 10.14.5, software signed with a new Developer ID certificate and all new or updated kernel extensions must be notarized to run. Beginning in macOS 10.15, all software built after June 1, 2019, and distributed with Developer ID must be notarized So, no. You need Apple's approval to be able to create software that can actually be ran by end-users even if you do not distribute using the App Store.
- user-the-name 6y agoFirst, that is "software signed with a new Developer ID". You can just not sign software and it does not need to be notarised. Second, notarisation is not an "approval". It is a malware scan. The only thing that requires notarisation, which, again, is not "approval", is kernel extensions.
- oauea 6y agoHow can you notarize your software when apple has suspended your developer account? Would you not say that notarization requires you to have a developer account, which requires Apple's approval?