Apple’s complete abuse of Notarization is going to be the reason the EC comes down hard on them, and it’s wild how ignorant they are 💀

They just truly don’t give a flying fuck about indie developers
https://mastodon.social/@maczydeco/113527850662678715

@rileytestut They really are playing a game of chicken that they started, and I don’t think the EU is going to be first to flinch.
@caseyliss @rileytestut Why would Apple not reject vMac for all of these cited reasons? Force the EC to rule, in writing, that the DMA means Apple is not allowed to protect its trademarked named, trademarked logos, and the MacOS license agreement.

@caseyliss @rileytestut Trial attorneys will often object in court, knowing full well the judge is almost certainly going to overrule their objection, just to assert the objection (and to allow the jury, if it's a jury trial, to know they object).

You don't only object when you think the objection is likely to be upheld.

I think Apple is objecting to vMac (and other such notarization objections) for similar reasons.

@gruber @rileytestut as others have said, notarization is clearly a bait-and-switch. It’s not about protecting users against dangerous apps — as Apple claimed — but rather protecting Apple from apps they deem dangerous to themselves.

It’s gross.

@caseyliss @gruber @rileytestut I guess the alternative would be notarize the app and then sue them for trademark infringement...but I don't know if the fact that they notarized the app would then be used as evidence that Apple tacitly approved? This is a weird situation and feels a little more gray than them trying to stop an app based on functionality. Would they refuse to notarize an app that infringed someone else's IP?
@dmoren @caseyliss @gruber @rileytestut While I agree that notarisation shouldn’t be used this way, Apple could have immediately filed a cease and desist order and sued the developer for trademark infringement and violation of licensing and just delayed any decision on notarisation pending the results of legal action. Apple has the right to defend its trademarks and IP.
@vanitalo @dmoren @gruber @rileytestut I also think this would have been a reasonable approach.
@caseyliss @vanitalo @gruber @rileytestut That would probably have been a better way to do it, agreed.