[HN Gopher] Krita is now available on the macOS store
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       Krita is now available on the macOS store
        
       Author : unstuck3958
       Score  : 38 points
       Date   : 2023-10-27 17:44 UTC (5 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (krita.org)
 (TXT) w3m dump (krita.org)
        
       | BudaDude wrote:
       | Great to see! We need more OSS software available in the mac
       | store. For some people, thats the only place they download
       | programs.
        
       | 0x69420 wrote:
       | great news, we love to see it
       | 
       | this makes me think -- is there room in the world for some sort
       | of foundation/conservancy that takes reputable desktop app
       | projects under its wing, provides funding, version control
       | hosting, whatever... and then, crucially, offers to sign releases
       | with its identity so windows and macos users don't get the popup
       | of doom? and then maybe fast track publishing to app stores on
       | top of that? is that kind of codesigning identity sharing a tos
       | violation?
       | 
       | i overflow my hands counting the projects i can name that are
       | solid, polished, etc, but in the era of gatekeeper and friends
       | inevitably present pretty brutal friction to typical end-users
       | because the dev can't justify shelling out for apple developer or
       | whatever.
       | 
       | i mean yes broad financing of free software efforts would have a
       | similar effect but yknow. projects like drawing apps and media
       | players are pretty broad-use. hell, blender has a foundation with
       | corporate donors. but what about the more obscure stuff that
       | doesn't create its own entire ecosystem but nonetheless improves
       | the lives of users within its niche? maybe we could make it
       | fashionable for wealthier techies to adopt those projects as
       | patrons in the old sense or something
        
         | mappu wrote:
         | Apache Software Foundation would be the biggest example -
         | although I don't know if they use the same authenticode
         | certificate or App store accounts for their subprojects.
        
       | riscy wrote:
       | > You need a $100 developer subscription per developer
       | 
       | I believe it's standard practice to have just one developer
       | account for signing and submission to the store. Other developers
       | can self-sign the app for local testing and tools like Xcode are
       | free to use.
        
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