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> Apple releases an OS, which anyone can download, without any authorization, from their website, seemingly for free Microsoft does the same with Windows. Can

• saurik 7y ago
  > Microsoft does the same with Windows. I am pretty sure Microsoft doesn't do the same thing with Windows; they allow you to download, for example, an ISO file for Windows 10, but only if you go through their website portal that explains you must accept their "Microsoft Terms of Use" which then generates a personalized URL for your specific usage that expires in 24 hours, etc. Apple just lets anyone download the IPSW file for their firmware, no questions asked. > Can I rent out VMs running cracked copies of Windows now? You absolutely can provide a VM service that emulates an Intel computer, and if a user downloads Windows for free and is allowed to run it on that computer and they decide to violate the EULA, I'm pretty sure that's on them? If I provide software that helps you download and install iOS on any ARM device, and also happen to rent access to ARM devices, is that somehow more illegal than doing either of those two things separately?