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I really hope that the EU might step in once again. I own an iPhone, I am a software developer, but I cannot distribute apps to end users, because I don't own a Mac. That is frustrating.

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I’ve never tried because I’m on Mac these days, but can’t you meet the licensing rules by using a Mac vps for 10 minutes to do a build, or even just use GitHub actions? (I read that GitHub actions provides a Mac build option but I’ve not tried it)

Probably, yes.

Likewise a Mac developer cannot distribute Windows apps, Playstation, Switch, XBox,...

I don’t know about the consoles, but I'm a Windows Developer with over two decades of experience.

In contrast to MacOS, I can run Windows on pretty much every x86 machine available. Thanks to EU reseller laws, I can also obtain a cheap license. Finally, I have to pay a small one-time fee for a developer account at Microsoft, in contrast to the recurring fee Apple is charging.

So… that's apples and oranges to me.

Provided you are lucky that drivers exist out of the box for that x86 machine.

By the way, try to install Windows ARM, or Windows CoPilot+ PC on any board you feel like.

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