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This would be great for testing apps that run in a terminal. However, most people who build macOS apps aren't building these types of applications. So, they'll

This would be great for testing apps that run in a terminal. However, most people who build macOS apps aren't building these types of applications. So, they'll still need to shell out the $$ for a Mac running Xcode.

heavyset_go 6y ago
This isn't necessarily true. For example, you can write GUI applications with Qt, QML, wxWidgets, GTK, IMGUI, or SDL without having to use Xcode, if you use a language like Python. I believe this applies to Electron, as well, but I haven't used it on a Mac.
- toyg 6y ago
  You can but they will never look as native as xcode/objc apps.
  - heavyset_go 6y ago
    wxWidgets uses native widgets on macOS.
jedbrown 6y ago
Lots of open source developers contribute to cross-platform libraries and dev tools. Testing/debugging on OSX is a significant hurdle for those of us who don't buy Apple hardware, and that increases the chances that users encounter issues before developers, thereby degrading their experience.
RobMurray 6y ago
macOs works fine in a VM, there's no need to buy mac hardware.