This is super helpful (and I see that “btw”, you got a smoke with that one (⁠☞ﾟ⁠ヮﾟ⁠)⁠☞). Thank you for the heads up and ask this detailed information! I’m excited to check out Certum.

there seem to be very few people who simultaneously - pathologically dislike using Windows regularly - still want to make it easier for people on Windows to minimize Windows Defender complaints when running software that they build

Describes me to a T 😅 My career is rooted in support, so my pathologies include trying to make things end-user easy.