Re:Why You Should Build a Hackintosh
by Gys on Tuesday August 07, 2018 @03:26PM
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My main (additional) consideration: to develop for any Apple platform its required to use MacOS. There is no alternative way for developing and publishing in Apple App Stores.
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Re:Why You Should Build a Hackintosh
by jasonkostempski on Tuesday August 07, 2018 @04:01PM
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There was a single year where my primary machine was a Mac because I had to do some iOS work. Since I did't want the hassle of dealing with multiple machines every day, I went with a MacBook. As soon as I realized this was exactly what Apple wanted (to force developers to user their machines if they have to develop for their platform, even if they primarily develop for other platforms), I started my migration away from iOS development forever. In that year, I also learned the hard way that it's a terrible idea to have a business model that relies on an iOS presence as Apple will reject your app and/or it's mission critical updates without a care in the world.
Only for iOS, tvOS and watchOS, because ironically, you don't really need a Mac to develop for macOS.