[jrochkind1]

After Authy discontinued their Mac app, there was a several month period where I could install the iOS app on my Mac laptop to keep using it anyway.

It stopped being installable a few weeks ago, presumably because they unchecked this box. (I bit the bullet and started paying for 1password and using it for my TOTP needs, btw)

As a MacOS user, if you have only an iOS app and not a MacOS app, why not allow Macs to run it too? You're suggesting that if enough people allow iOS apps to be installed on Mac, MacOS will stop allowing you install apps from anything but the app store? That seems unlikely to me. If you have a Mac app and choose not to distribute it via app store, that's fine though.

[ttepasse]

The forthcoming MacOS Sequel will have an option to use your iPhone and its apps on a Mac.

https://www.apple.com/macos/macos-sequoia-preview/

Also: Apples Password stuff has some TOTP stuff build in.

(Personally I'm a little bit depressed about the iOS-apps-on-Mac stuff - they are never good, not as Mac Apps not in general. I'd like to live in a world with better desktop apps.)

[haswell]

Yeah, I totally understand not wanting to deal with any extra support overhead of enabling the Mac app.

But this also seems like harmful advice if someone is trying to grow their app user base. I'm far more likely to purchase iOS apps that have Mac apps. Depending on the app, it's just far more valuable to me, and I'll prioritize what I buy based on this, e.g. if it's a note taking app, it needs to have a Mac version.

The day Apple stops allowing people to install their own apps outside of the App Store is the day I and many other people stop using Apple products as daily drivers. Apple is aware of this, and already under scrutiny from regulators.

[jedberg]

> It stopped being installable a few weeks ago,

Well that sucks, I just recommended it to someone. I assume this also means it will eventually stop working for me once I upgrade something or other.

[haswell]

I've been using a very simple app called "OTP Auth" since I heard Steve Gibson talking about it on his Security Now podcast.

It's a few dollars, works well, and I've been really happy with it after using Authy for years.

[moi2388]

I personally started using 2FAS. It’s a wonderful little app with push notifications and autofill, it really is the nicest little 2FA App I’ve used thus far