This is really exaggerated. You can get a current-gen Mac mini for $800 if you don’t want to buy used or a previous gen, you don’t need a $4000 computer to run

This is really exaggerated. You can get a current-gen Mac mini for $800 if you don’t want to buy used or a previous gen, you don’t need a $4000 computer to run Xcode. Also approval times on Apple are a few hours these days, when was the last time you published an app on the App Store? It used to be 7-14 days but it’s not like that anymore.