Yeah we are an open source org and simply don’t sign the executables because of this bullshit
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ephemerality@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I wrote some open source software and looked into how to make that not happen. It’s not easy on Microsoft, and on Apple it costs more than a $100/year!
ryannathans@lemmy.fmhy.net 1 year ago
Beanie@programming.dev 1 year ago
you have to pay to have your stuff put on the app store??
ephemerality@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Yes, on both platforms.
Mic_Check_One_Two@reddthat.com 1 year ago
Not only that; You have to pay for updates too. Supposedly it’s because Apple takes time to verify that the app is legit and not going to do nefarious things.
But apparently a company did a study and realized that app testing rarely made it past the main page, with testers spending ~15-20 seconds per app. They’d basically open it and if it looked like it did what it said, they didn’t bother digging any deeper.
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Why do you think they set those up? To not make money?
nomadjoanne@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Yes. It’s actually rather tragic I strive to run my business NOT using big tech. But we need an app for our users. On Apple this means you simply MUST pay apple. 100/year is not a lot. I just don’t want to give them my business.
Whirlybird@aussie.zone 1 year ago
You have to pay for a license to be able to publish apps to the store, yes. This isn’t a bad thing, mainly just for the fact that it stops a lot of trash from being put on there.