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minus-squareBorgDrone@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 day agoI have no problems with this. Notarizing your app is trivial and takes just a few minutes. As a user I want to know who actually produced an app and ensure it wasn’t tampered with.
minus-squareZak@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 day agoIt looks like you have to have a paid Apple developer account to do it.
minus-squareBorgDrone@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 day agoWhich is a complete non-issue. It’s $99 / year, basically a symbolic amount just high enough to prevent spammers from making a billion accounts.
minus-squareZak@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 day agoIt’s absolutely an issue for hobby level open source projects.
minus-squareBorgDrone@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 day agoIt’s $99 a year. I wish my hobbies were that cheap.
I have no problems with this. Notarizing your app is trivial and takes just a few minutes. As a user I want to know who actually produced an app and ensure it wasn’t tampered with.
It looks like you have to have a paid Apple developer account to do it.
Which is a complete non-issue. It’s $99 / year, basically a symbolic amount just high enough to prevent spammers from making a billion accounts.
It’s absolutely an issue for hobby level open source projects.
It’s $99 a year. I wish my hobbies were that cheap.