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Apple did that when Facebook was abusing enterprise signed apps and nobody threw shade at Apple. There's a time and place for that, and this is it.

Now, if Apple revoked their cert because they didn't like Zooms view on <some political issue> then I'd be ranting and raving with the rest of HN.

Ok thanks for the example. I hadn't heard of that, so I just briefly read about it. It looked like there were clear terms about the Enterprise apps: that it was for internal, employee use. Facebook was distributing it to non employees. I imagine that is why there was little shade thrown.

Why not? The software is effectively working as malware. I should be revoked. And when they approve it again, they should issue a new certificate, to make sure the old software never gets past GateKeeper again.

Yes, I do. And in no way is revocation in this instance a “whim.”

Understood. I would hope that they spell out the terms of when a key revocation would happen if they were to revoke keys.