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> You still can? The binary has to be notarized, but Apple doesn’t take a cut, you can run your own store and sell a game. Yes, however the binary did not have

> You still can? The binary has to be notarized, but Apple doesn’t take a cut, you can run your own store and sell a game. Yes, however the binary did not have to be signed back then - and I didn't need to pay apple for the privilege of writing software for their OS. > Also, about little snitch specifically, obdev now sells are more user-friendly version in the App Store that uses the new user space filtering API. And again, Apple takes their cut and more or less forced Obdev to go in that direction. I agree with you about dubious kexts - however it's just a trend I note - antivirus / third party software filled that hole in the past.

philistine 3y ago
I’ll push back on that. Notarization is a great feature. The fact computing didn’t include it was what led to decades of malware stealing billions from people. Properly implemented, everyone could freely and easily notarize every single piece of code they need to run. Total freedom, with notarized code to give the leeway to the OS maker to remove code when it’s malware. The fact of the matter is that the OS makers are greedy AF, and don’t stop at requiring notarization. Windows could get rid of most of its malware issues if they allowed everyone to freely notarize, yet they try and ram the Windows Store down everyone’s throat with their locked down Windows attempts. Can’t let a feature get in the way of a play at even more rent-seeking, am I right ?
- appstorelottery 3y ago
  I completely agree - free and easy digital signing would be excellent. Doubly so if there was a way that I could identify myself to the government and receive some kind of hash that could be verified by the OS maker without exposing my identity. This would be a way of protecting my privacy, while also empowering the OS maker to report to the government if something illegal is happening. Of course, I haven't thought this through - and it's reliant upon a government we can absolutely trust not to abuse this. Looking forward to seeing us evolve as a species though ;-)

philistine 3y ago

I’ll push back on that. Notarization is a great feature. The fact computing didn’t include it was what led to decades of malware stealing billions from people. Properly implemented, everyone could freely and easily notarize every single piece of code they need to run. Total freedom, with notarized code to give the leeway to the OS maker to remove code when it’s malware. The fact of the matter is that the OS makers are greedy AF, and don’t stop at requiring notarization. Windows could get rid of most of its malware issues if they allowed everyone to freely notarize, yet they try and ram the Windows Store down everyone’s throat with their locked down Windows attempts. Can’t let a feature get in the way of a play at even more rent-seeking, am I right ?

appstorelottery 3y ago
I completely agree - free and easy digital signing would be excellent. Doubly so if there was a way that I could identify myself to the government and receive some kind of hash that could be verified by the OS maker without exposing my identity. This would be a way of protecting my privacy, while also empowering the OS maker to report to the government if something illegal is happening. Of course, I haven't thought this through - and it's reliant upon a government we can absolutely trust not to abuse this. Looking forward to seeing us evolve as a species though ;-)