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> charging 3x the regular pricing for this is absurd

macOS virtualization is pricey by Apple's design. This is not just a GH problem

Surely if Microsoft (this big corp, that happens to own a cloud) wanted to find a way for GitHub to offer a pleasant experience, they would have.

Arguably, they've done the best they can do without partnering with Apple directly. Are you suggesting that they should invest in hacking MacOS to improve the customer experience?

> happens to own a cloud

macOS hardware or virtualization is beaucoup bucks in every cloud. As I said, this is not just a GitHub (or Microsoft) problem.

I didn't know you could virtualize macos.

The license restricts you to only virtualize macOS on Mac hardware, and only 2 VMs per physical machine.

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