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Re:Apple removes $99 dev account requirement for first iOS 1... by TylerE on Wednesday June 07, 2023 @04:01PM (#36232684)
It makes random apps much less likely to be dangerous.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36086537 is an analogous case. When the primary provider of free domains names went away, there was a HUGE reduction in phishing websites. Those types would spin up thouands of sites on xyz, vip and similar TLDs faster than the white hats could whackamole them.

A domain going from $0 to $10 vastly curtailed that activity. You don't have to make something impossible, you just have to make it not cost effective to shot gun it.

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Re:Apple removes $99 dev account requirement for first iOS 1... by Hamuko on Friday June 09, 2023 @03:48AM (#36254654)
>It makes random apps much less likely to be dangerous.

Only because Apple has made it so.

What would be the drawback if I, a macOS developer not paying Apple $99 per year, had access to the macOS application notarization service for free?

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