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This site is called Hacker News, right? Certainly, taking a piece of hardware I own and making it do something it was not designed to do properly fits the descr

This site is called Hacker News, right? Certainly, taking a piece of hardware I own and making it do something it was not designed to do properly fits the description of "hacking," right? I appreciate Apple's value as a company as much as the next guy, but this was not a decision made lightly. If they want $100 from me over the right to run their OS on my computer (as I believe they used to charge during the PowerPC days), fine. But their failure to give consumers the option, in this and so many other cases, highlights a big frustration longtime users have with the company nowadays. I'm sure Apple knows about the Hackintosh community, and I'm sure they follow it. I also know they have done little to stop it. As a user, I want them to care about my needs as much as they do about their bottom line. They used to.

wilsonnb 8y ago
I understand that people are usually driven to build a hackintosh out of frustration with Apple's hardware offerings. That doesn't change the fact that it's against their licensing agreement. Anyone who wants to be able to sell their software in the future (or write software for a company that sells software) should care about that and have good reasons for violating it if they choose to do so. Many people in this thread seem to accept that it's a morally okay thing to do without thinking about it at all. The site may be called Hacker News but it's full of mainstream software developers, many of whom work for companies like Apple. It's also (as far as I know) always been more focused on the startup scene than the hacking scene. You would think that people who's goal is to build their own business would care about this sort of thing.
- Hamuko 8y ago
  Our software business is not dependent on shrink-wrap EULAs and neither is Apple's.
- shortformblog 8y ago
  I'm not a software developer, I'm a technology enthusiast.
  - xkcd-sucks 8y ago
    a "disgruntled customer"
- patrickg_zill 8y ago
  HN is an international community. In Germany for instance, Apple's EULAs are not the same as in the USA, and installing on a hackintosh is not a violation under German law, IIRC.

wilsonnb 8y ago

I understand that people are usually driven to build a hackintosh out of frustration with Apple's hardware offerings. That doesn't change the fact that it's against their licensing agreement. Anyone who wants to be able to sell their software in the future (or write software for a company that sells software) should care about that and have good reasons for violating it if they choose to do so. Many people in this thread seem to accept that it's a morally okay thing to do without thinking about it at all. The site may be called Hacker News but it's full of mainstream software developers, many of whom work for companies like Apple. It's also (as far as I know) always been more focused on the startup scene than the hacking scene. You would think that people who's goal is to build their own business would care about this sort of thing.

Hamuko 8y ago
Our software business is not dependent on shrink-wrap EULAs and neither is Apple's.
shortformblog 8y ago
I'm not a software developer, I'm a technology enthusiast.
- xkcd-sucks 8y ago
  a "disgruntled customer"
patrickg_zill 8y ago
HN is an international community. In Germany for instance, Apple's EULAs are not the same as in the USA, and installing on a hackintosh is not a violation under German law, IIRC.