Don't know if it still works, but I used to get around this on school computers by loading the app binary (SomeApp.app/Contents/macOS/SomeApp) in the Terminal.

Gatekeeper really isn't a stringent measure, it just protects people who don't know what they're doing.

Interesting. So it's not implemented as a check on fork()/exec() for example? (checking an xattr shouldn't be too onerous to do practically. Not sure I think it's a good idea. Then again, we've had the "exec" bit for many decades...).

Ed: seems there is a more general check now - but limited to checking against known "malware" - not "whitelist" (motorized) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21180317

I still use this trick sometimes, because it's a way to get stdout logging output you might not otherwise see. Sometimes it leads to a quick pinpoint of your issue.

Oh, I do that too. Completely different purpose though.