[archagon]

Protecting users against malware should be the job of XProtect. If a naive user can run malware via right-clicking, they can do it nearly as easily through the Privacy & Security page. All this change does is bring unsigned software closer to outright deprecation, at which point Apple can backdoor app review through notarization just like they do on iOS in the EU.

[JohnMakin]

I’m probably viewing this too much in the lens of an IT administrator, I absolutely do not want any of my machines to run unsigned applications and I can’t think of any reasons I personally would want to, so for me, that friction is a good thing.

As to what Apple may eventually do, just seems a little speculative.

[mattl]

Users shouldn’t need to control-click/right click though. That’s not something I can think that exists anywhere else in macOS.

Putting this in system settings makes sense.