To be clear: Notepad++ has never released a macOS version.
Name confusion is doing all the work here, and most people won’t think to check the publisher line before installing.
I really wish the stores had a big “unofficial / not affiliated” label near the download button, not buried under the developer name.
Store listings kind of train you to look at the icon, the stars, and hit install, and the “publisher” line is tiny. A big “unofficial / not affiliated with Notepad++” right under the title would save a lot of people from downloading the wrong thing.
App stores shouldn’t let random publishers squat on “Notepad++” as a name unless they can prove they’re actually connected to it.
Since enforcement is clearly spotty, a big “unofficial / not affiliated with Notepad++” line directly under the title feels like the bare minimum for the icon + stars crowd.
