Make Proton Authenticator for MacOS downloadable outside of the Apple App Store
Please make the MacOS version of Proton Authenticator avaialable via DMG download.
Currently, Proton Authenticator on MacOS is only available via the App Store, which requires signing in using an Apple Account. This shouldn't be necessary and seems like a huge miss for a privacy-focused product. I don't sign into my Mac with my Apple Account, and I'm sure many other privacy-focused individuals do the same. This makes Proton Authenticator entirely inaccessible for such users.
I'd like to be able to install Proton Authenticator without using the App Store. Note that all other Proton apps for MacOS are available via a DMG download - it looks like Proton Authenticator is the only one that fully relies on the Apple App Store for distribution on MacOS.
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matt
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there is currently NO direct .dmg download link for Proton Authenticator on macOS
Upon visiting the official download page (proton.me/authenticator/download), the macOS option redirects you to the Apple App Store. Unlike Proton VPN, Proton Mail, or Proton Pass... (which all offer direct .dmg files).
Can you explain why Proton has released the Authenticator for Mac exclusively through the App Store.
There are many of us who use Apple products but who do not use icloud, so this exception to your usual policy prevents us from using Proton Authenticator.. At the moment I use Authy, but would like to use Proton Authenticator.
Thank you
ps. I did contact proton support about this, but the representative couldn't understand the point I was making so I gave up.... and here I am some time later.
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Mark Muizer commented
hallelujah! I totally agree, I use the other apps and wanted to switch to Authenticator too, but this cannot be true, especially for Proton indeed.
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N
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+1 for the above.
Having support to download and install it via brew.sh would be great as well!