Every time I’m forced to do it[0] I feel good because I’m glad these hoops are unavoidable on all the computers of the people I provide family tech support for.
reply[0] Which is rare. I’m installing random shit all the time using homebrew and it’s basically never an issue.
Except it won't show for signed+notarized apps. It's just a minor obstacle to deliver malware. Even stuff on App Store has malware in it.
replyIf security was a concern, these hoops would be for all apps, not just unsigned. It just shows the only function it serves is gatekeeping by Apple.
and when malware is discovered in the rare case of signed apps signing can be revoked
replySignature revocations are functionally equivalent to malware definitions and correspondingly don't actually require code signing.
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