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[–] 164 points 3 years ago (7 children)

Because paying a few grand a year for a certificate somehow makes your software more trustworthy

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  • [–] 37 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    You're being sarcastic but even small fees immediately weed out a ton of cruft.

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  • [–] 28 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    They also weed out a lot of legitimate software, especially if it's non-commercial.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago

    And that’s why certificates can be revoked, that’s the whole point, trust. It only costs a few hundred a year per Microsoft’s documentation and approved vendors so it doesn’t seem that much of an ask. At the very least you can look up the developer yourself, harder to do if the package has no identity associated with it

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