I don’t know if it’s just me, but i want more Gatekeeper, not less - help me stay safer. Or is it a security theatre? Malware producers can sign things just fine?
Predefined value on current macOS's Gatekeeper is "move to Bin" instead of OK. Other option is Done - which cancels opening action. If you want to bypass that, you need to go to system settings > privacy & security and manually allow particular app there.
Who know what later updated will bring.
To run a non-motorized app requires you to open a separate app, navigate to the security section and select that you want to authorize the app to run.
Apple does not have any desire to make distribution of non-notarized binaries commercially viable.
And we've seen this change across all browsers. There no longer is a "continue" prompt for TLS issues. The result is, way fewer maintained sites go months with an expired certificate.