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This really is a ridiculous point to make. You need a Mac because important components like the XCode Simulator require OSX libraries in order to function. It'
by threeseed 6y ago
This really is a ridiculous point to make.
You need a Mac because important components like the XCode Simulator require OSX libraries in order to function. It's no different to me needed a Windows machine in order to build Office plugins.
- modeless 6y agoI regularly cross compile for Windows from Linux, and I don't need to buy any hardware from Microsoft.
- efreak 6y agoMicrosoft has little to do with the hardware you run their software on
- mkl 6y agoIf those software components were all that was needed, we could just run macOS in a VM, as we can easily do with Windows or Linux. Apple forbids that specifically to make all prospective Mac/iOS developers buy Mac hardware.