so, downgrading wasn't an answer because half the plugins were too new.

the reddit thread had a half-answer workaround, but i have restartable plugins that i can't load into ram. and, frankly, i don't want the functionality - what i want is to turn the signing off. permanently.

so, i'm going to install a developer edition with the intent to just x this out in the prefs. hopefully, this works...

i mean, i understand what happened. but, i don't need to sign my plugins in the first place.