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Re:Apple has made it difficult to use web-based technology o... by doomlaser on Friday November 08, 2019 @06:09PM (#21487876)
GateKeeper is becoming onerous for Mac developers who maintain free applications, who don't want to pay a yearly fee to Apple. Telling users a program is damaged because this fee is not paid and moving it into the trash is now the default.

This is a free prefpane that can hide the cursor anywhere via hotkey or idle timer. It's fairly popular. I've written and maintained it since 2007. Try running it in Catalina. http://doomlaser.com/cursorcerer

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Re:Apple has made it difficult to use web-based technology o... by st3fan on Friday November 08, 2019 @06:50PM (#21488215)
I thought all you needed for the macOS app notarizing was a free AppleID and free developer account?
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Re:Apple has made it difficult to use web-based technology o... by scarface74 on Saturday November 09, 2019 @01:42AM (#21490034)
You don’t have to pay the fee to have signed apps.
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Re:Apple has made it difficult to use web-based technology o... by doomlaser on Saturday November 09, 2019 @11:35PM (#21496416)
Thank you. I was unaware of this and have updated the PrefPane and its invisible daemon as a result.
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Re:Apple has made it difficult to use web-based technology o... by scarface74 on Sunday November 10, 2019 @01:11PM (#21499243)
Apple is doing a poor job of advertising that you can get your app signed for free. Most developers and hardly anyone not involved in the Apple ecosystem no that.
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Re:Apple has made it difficult to use web-based technology o... by doomlaser on Tuesday November 12, 2019 @09:17PM (#21520615)
Hmm, my understanding now is that I've got development certificates, and those certificates are valid, in conjunction with a provisioning profile for my specific machine. They are not valid distribution certificates, and I must buy into the developer program to be able to generate distribution certificates. So it is 100/yr after all, even if I want to distribute my free software outside of the Mac App Store. Am I missing something?
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