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> Developing for macOS / iOS without a free Apple ID doesn't make much sense though as you need it to sign the software and deploy it to test devices anyway. I

> Developing for macOS / iOS without a free Apple ID doesn't make much sense though as you need it to sign the software and deploy it to test devices anyway. I'm a node / javascript developer. I make web applications. I remember having to install XCode for some dependencies. I don't make native Mac / iOS software, so it's a faulty assumption to assume that devs using Macs will be doing native dev. Even if I did, when working for a large-ish organization individual devs are not going to be the ones signing or publishing releases.

dewey 4y ago
> I remember having to install XCode for some dependencies. If you really don't want to create a free developer account to download the Xcode command line tools (That's probably what your dependency refers to, as the full Xcode is usually not necessary) you could just install or build the dependencies from another source? You could also just download them via curl (There's direct links to the latest version out there) or `xcode-select --install` which both don't need an Apple ID.