You've got to buy the device itself? OK, makes sense. You've got to buy PC hardware, but are obligated by the software license to buy it from one particular ven

You've got to buy the device itself? OK, makes sense. You've got to buy PC hardware, but are obligated by the software license to buy it from one particular vendor? OK, yeah, there's a business reason for it, but it's irritating because there's no technical reason. I can easily develop iOS software without owning an Apple computer...but I can't do it legally. I'm happy I'm not in mobile dev, and this is one reason.