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Re:Apple to allow outside app stores in overhaul spurred by ... by judge2020 on Tuesday December 13, 2022 @07:56PM (#33978590)
> , even if a legitimate copy were obtainable without purchasing some hardware.

Pedantic, but the license agreement line requiring that 'MacOS can only run on Apple hardware' is, itself, in service of the fact that they only license the software to you if you purchase their hardware.

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Re:Apple to allow outside app stores in overhaul spurred by ... by nine_k on Tuesday December 13, 2022 @10:23PM (#33979645)
Exactly. IIRC you can legitimately run macOS on a VM, but the VM should run on Apple hardware.

A Hackintosh is a transgression.

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