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Re:Apple approves previously rejected HKMap.live app by noisem4ker on Friday October 04, 2019 @05:06PM (#21161891)
...on a MacBook - I forgot to tell you - you have to buy first.
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Re:Apple approves previously rejected HKMap.live app by briandear on Saturday October 05, 2019 @03:15AM (#21164223)
You also need an iOS device too. Crazy.
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Re:Apple approves previously rejected HKMap.live app by noisem4ker on Saturday October 05, 2019 @08:26AM (#21165118)
Is that a rebuttal? That makes no sense: as it is the target platform, of course it is required.

The point was I don't need a Chromebook to develop Android applications. I don't need a Microsoft Surface laptop to develop Windows software. Somehow, Apple requires you to buy their expensive hardware to develop for their platform. There's no technical reason you couldn't just get their OS and development tools; they just want you to shell out for overpriced x86 hardware along with those.

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