Prohibit Custom Apps being Published in Community

I think we have a difference of opinion. I'd like to see a path for developers to be able to post "certified" versions of their apps in the forum. The other apps that aren't certified could be posted somewhere else. The way apps are listed now make them look official or at least have the appearance to work and have the blessing of Hubitat.

I can see that if someone used custom code from somewhere else and it messed their hub up, then yes, you get what you get. But something listed on the Hubitat forums looking like [Release]; that has the appearance of a supported app. I'd like for Hubitat to grow and have added features, and a lot of platforms allow for development, but I think it would be helpful to many to have a certified app program. I don't expect the Hubitat staff to support custom code, but I'd like to see ways we can view how code is performing on the hubs.

I'm sorry that I have an unpopular opinion, but I believe that to drive the system more mainstream and increase adoption, having apps that are certified is a need. Back when the first iPhone was released, the only way to publish apps was to jailbreak the phone and install apps from a third party. It was the wild west as far as apps\games went. Very quickly Apple saw potential in having an app store that provided "good" apps. I don't see why that would be a bad thing here.

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