I feel their pain. I built an open source video player for esports coaches[1] that it given away for free and one the constant complaints about it is that users have to bypass warnings when installing it for the first time.
I can afford to pay for certificates (I believe I have to have one for Windows and OSX) but I refuse to for a project that I already give away my time for.
I would love to see a LetsEncrypt style service for OSS but I assume it's against the core interests of Microsoft / Apple to allow something like this as it would start to drive people away from the walled gardens of the app stores.
I've been writing software for close to 25 years and it's quite sad to watch the decline of ownership over our own machines in the same of "security".
I can afford to pay for certificates (I believe I have to have one for Windows and OSX) but I refuse to for a project that I already give away my time for.
I would love to see a LetsEncrypt style service for OSS but I assume it's against the core interests of Microsoft / Apple to allow something like this as it would start to drive people away from the walled gardens of the app stores.
I've been writing software for close to 25 years and it's quite sad to watch the decline of ownership over our own machines in the same of "security".
[1] https://www.vodon.gg/