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I don't think the ability to do whatever you want with OS X is going anywhere. A huge chunk of Apple's Mac business is with developers (of all types) and power

I don't think the ability to do whatever you want with OS X is going anywhere. A huge chunk of Apple's Mac business is with developers (of all types) and power users. A move like that (point 1) would be utterly suicidal.

derefr 16y ago
To put it another way: how would you develop (and more importantly QA) OSX apps, if you couldn't do it on a Mac? Would they put out "OSX SDK Edition"?
- iloveponies 16y ago
  Scarier idea: Charging, or restricting access to Xcode only for those who have paid the developers subscription.
  - msbarnett 16y ago
    Scarier idea: Apple charging $400,000 for special developer-only hardware. I mean, if we are going to be making up unlikely scenarios out of whole cloth, why stop at half-measures?
    - elai 16y ago
      Console developers pay something similarly ridiculous, be careful what you wish for!