> Yet, there are many curl users on the different Apple platforms and sometimes these users run into issues that are unique to those platforms and are challenging to address without direct access to such.
In other words, it's to Apple's own detriment if the author of curl doesn't have access to Apple hardware.
curl is offered for free, and the consequence of that is the author of curl is under no obligation to support Apple platforms or shell out money for Apple hardware.
If you read the other comments on this submission, it's not just my opinion.
> Doesn't make it any more (or less) valid than the question I'm posing; why is the developer entitled to Apple providing hardware for testing?
That's the wrong question. The developer is not entitled to Apple hardware and never claimed to be entitled.
The issue is explained in my earlier comment in this thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34183736
To repeat myself:
> Yet, there are many curl users on the different Apple platforms and sometimes these users run into issues that are unique to those platforms and are challenging to address without direct access to such.
In other words, it's to Apple's own detriment if the author of curl doesn't have access to Apple hardware.
curl is offered for free, and the consequence of that is the author of curl is under no obligation to support Apple platforms or shell out money for Apple hardware.