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 If protecting the brand is at the heart of it, why aren’t they using notarization to protect the distribution of apps on the Mac in the same way?
@chockenberry @caseyliss @gruber @rileytestut my god, this how many years has this shocking failure to protect the Mac brand name been going on? when “Mac” means “computer” the way “Kleenex” means “tissue”, I hope these emulator developers AND the macOS notarization team are properly ashamed of themselves!