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OS X and iOS development both require Apple hardware anyways, so shouldn't you have that as a developer?

Unless you hackintosh...

At that point, you can still authenticate with a Hackintosh anyway. But hey, would you look at that, the person is still _technically_ violating the rules!

Sorry, I refuse to be bullied into buying exorbitantly overpriced shit hardware.

So we're going to break the law instead, great defense for how Apple is evil when you are, in fact, pirating their software. Haha.....

And pirating software is the ultimate evil. Haha.....

I'm just pointing out the fact that the user is complaining about some "limitation" about an "evil company" when they're not being much better themselves. Haha.....

What law did he break exactly?

But you'll quite happily develop software for 'exorbitantly overpriced shit hardware,' and even violate terms of the software provided by using a VM running macOS to make sure you get a piece. The unheeded irony of that position is so transparent as to be Windex clear. That'd be fine on its own, but of course, the truth of the matter is also no impediment to you disingenuously blaming the party enforcing terms you agreed to in your pursuit of the aforementioned piece which, again, all centers around 'exorbitantly overpriced shit hardware' that you disdain.

If you'd like to address iOS and macOS users, the ramp to doing so is quite clear and navigable. If you'd like to avoid 'exorbitantly overpriced shit hardware' while ignoring say, secondhand MacBook Airs, well, also good news: Android is a perfectly addressable market. If that's an untenable position for your particular sensibilities, you are totally free to compete.

If that seems like bullying, capitalism is going to be tough to navigate. You're already ignoring the rules to get your own piece of it, so chastising those who are more successful at the exact same game you're playing simply obliterates your whole philosophy in general and makes you an unreliable narrator, and I hope you see that.

ok iSlave

Why are you devving for Apple platforms if you hate them so much?

Not sure why I'm being down-voted for the parent comment, but this is an obvious way to get around a lot of software limitations.

I didn't state this was a valid/legal/good path or trying to defend anyone whom does use a hackintosh. The truth is that there are people who can't afford Apple products to develop and they will abuse this loop hole until they can.

This comment wasn't rude or aggressive, but I was merely proposing an alternative solution. The down-votes are more aggressive than the comment could have even been misconstrued.

I got around this by deving on virtual machine.

Pretty sure that is not allowed, you are only supposed to run OS X on Apple hardware.

Sorry, you don't get to complain about being banned then. You knowingly broke their ToS, so you don't get access to the app market that they built.

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