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I think GPs point still stands for signing certificates. The need to pay something increases the barrier to entry. You can't just create a million developer acc
by Wowfunhappy 2y ago
I think GPs point still stands for signing certificates. The need to pay something increases the barrier to entry. You can't just create a million developer accounts to get a million signing certificates after Apple bans one of them.
I think this is fine. If you're a business, the developer fee is not a significant expense, and it makes the whole ecosystem work smoothly. If you're a hobbyist, student, open source developer, or otherwise in a position where you won't make that money back quickly, macOS provides a workaround for opening unsigned apps. This is so different from the terrible situation on iOS.
- kbolino 2y agoDesktop is much better than mobile in terms of developer and end-user freedom, but it's getting worse over time. It's becoming clear that desktop freedom is viewed by the major OS vendors as a holdover of a bygone era and not something they want to maintain forever. There have been some shifts in user base and preferred devices that have ameliorated this a bit, but it seems likely that consumer non-mobile operating systems are going to either vanish (perhaps lingering on in a prosumer/professional variant which will be ghettoized) or else morph into something much closer to a mobile OS (where getting full system access locks you out of the ecosystem).
- Wowfunhappy 2y agoI agree with you. I still believe the current status quo of Apple charging for signing certificates is reasonable. If that changes in the future, I will be upset about it then and will say so.