Is a OSX developer account necessary?

[DanH]

£80 pa.... Would like to swerve if possible! What benefits does it bring?

[d.healey]

@DanH You only need a developer account to codesign and notarize plugins for MacOS, and to sell apps in their app store.

[DanH]

@d-healey Is it necessary if I'm simply distributing AU/VST3s files? No standalone apps. So far I've had no issues with gatekeeper.

[Lindon]

@d-healey said in Is a OSX developer account necessary?:

@DanH You only need a developer account to codesign and notarize plugins for MacOS, and to sell apps in their app store.

If I remember correctly - not on the Mac right now - you codesign with your (free) apple ID and noterize with your ($99/year) Apple developer account. So if you are not building installers or stand-alones you dont need to noterize just codesign so you should be able to avoid the fees