Re:Antitrust, the App Store, and Apple
by saagarjha on Tuesday November 27, 2018 @03:00PM
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You are not required to use macOS to do this. There are third party solutions, such as Cydia Impactor, that are cross platform and do this for you.
Re:Antitrust, the App Store, and Apple
by vorpalhex on Tuesday November 27, 2018 @06:55PM
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Right, I can pay someone else with a macbook...
>you must have a Macbook
Technically you just need macOS, I don't think there's anything stopping you from doing iOS development on a hackintosh.
I'll agree that the process is pretty ridiculous in comparison to Android though.
Haha, no. Last I did this, you must have a Macbook, you must configure Xcode, generate new certificates, sign the entire application bundle, and then you get to sideload it - and never get an update ever unless you repeat the entire process.
In contrast on Android: "This application is from an unknown source. Would you like to still install it?"