472 karma · joined February 24, 2020
Fork (Git Client), RapidAPI, Fantastical (great for showing reminders on a calendar), openEmu (vintage game emulator), lulu/ lilsnitch (network monitor), craft (an alternative to obsidian), soundSource (because along with windows management, OSX also dosen’t have basic sound management), postgress app, paper (markdown editor), Zed (text editor)
Finally, some very pricy but IMO, best of “Mac” software: iA Writer/ Presenter, Omnisuite, Nova (Editor), Things(GTD), Little Snitch.
The tainted packages installed a ransomware application (a variant of Linux.Encoder.1, but recompiled for Mac, known as KeRanger) that encrypts the user's files and attempts to force users to pay.. The developers were not complicit in the hack that affected their software; but I included it because the point I was trying to make was that hackers are aware and targeting apps popular among developers.
Also, wasn't their history of closed source drivers and their short support timeline was the reason Android devices only ever got 2 years of updates only a few years back?
Sure, this instance was resolved, but it's also the top post of the last month. Who honestly things it would be the same outcome if not for going viral...