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s/booting securely/running only the code Apple approves of/g

• bapak 1y ago
  You can run unverified code if you build it yourself. You can distribute unverified code by just paying $99/year to Apple. Not great, but still no need for specific code approval.
  • cyberax 1y ago
    Not if you want to use some features like bridged networking. For that you need to go and beg Apple for an entitlement. Or you have to disable SIP entirely.
    • Barbing 1y ago
      They respond to the begging as incredibly well as they respond to feedback/bug reports, right?
      • cyberax 1y ago
        To be fair, they _do_ respond well in this particular case. But you have to write an email to a developer somewhere in Apple, as there is no established process.
  • Gigachad 1y ago
    You can run whatever scripts you want without paying anything. Pretty sure the signing thing only applies to .app programs.
• arcticbull 1y ago
  Not exactly, distribution conversation aside this is specific to kernel extensions. Apple's been moving drivers out of kernel space and into user space for several years [1]. There's a lot of good reasons for doing so, and not a lot of drawbacks. I'd consider this to be a strongly worded API deprecation notice. [1] https://developer.apple.com/documentation/driverkit https://developer.apple.com/documentation/driverkit