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How is this not lock-down? If Apple doesn't like VLC or whatever software competes with their interests they can simply not renew their membership.


Are you talking about the old policy?

You can run unsigned apps. The new policy affects the process for signing apps.


But things like gdb just don’t work unless they’ve been signed. So, if Apple starts blocking unnotarized aogned apps, whether or not these programs will run will depend on whether Apple considers them malicious


You can still self-sign your apps.




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