[danenania]

Third party clients seem like a double-edged sword.

Allowing users to build the client from source is good--no doubt about that. But encouraging use of third party clients undermines the trust model of verified developer certificates on Mac and Windows.

Ultimately, you need to trust whoever built and packaged the client. You need to know exactly who that is, and that their reputation depends on the security of the software you're about to run.