sudo spctl —-master-disable

Of course, you as the developer can’t make this choice for your users… but isn’t that as it should be? The user decides what code is allowed to run on their machines. And the default setting is restrictive because anyone who knows what they’re doing can easily change it.

P.S. Meanwhile, on iOS there’s no way to install unsigned software at all, and on Android (starting soon) the process takes 24 hours instead of ten seconds. That is actually ridiculous because it’s taking away user choice.

P.P.S. To be clear, modern macOS has plenty of other restrictions which can’t really be turned off and which I find super annoying. Gatekeeper just isn’t one of them.

Edit: I’ve just learned that as of Sequoia, you have to also tick a box in Settings after running the Terminal command. So maybe it takes 30 seconds instead of ten seconds. That’s mildly more annoying, but still doesn’t really seem like a big deal to me.

Serious question - Is it really true that Windows 11 will run an untrusted .exe without a warning?

I agree that Apple is dumb of course.

If it is good for the end-user, it is usually also good for the ecosystem a a whole, trust is valuable.

But ffs, they are rich enough to make this a lot less painful and hostile for developers.

And this is not a new thing, I used to develop games for iOS, from the very beginning, and while the process somewhat simplified over time, it was a huge cortisol inducing process, not to mention the regular forced OS+SDK updates where the procedures changes almost every time and could fail in not-so-evident ways.

Where do you have to show ID for that??

Annoying, but if you’re delivering your app to semi-technical users, not really a problem.

laughs in Bundesdruckerei