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Re:PEP 730 – Adding iOS as a supported platform by Aaargh20318 on Sunday June 02, 2024 @11:00AM (#40554741)
> None of the other desktop/mobile platforms require specific hardware

But they still require hardware, and that hardware isn’t free either.

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Re:PEP 730 – Adding iOS as a supported platform by eviks on Sunday June 02, 2024 @12:09PM (#40555204)
That hardware is something you use for other purposes, so it's free for the hobby. The challenge of specific hardware is that you can't use your non-specific one and have to pay
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Re:PEP 730 – Adding iOS as a supported platform by lostmsu on Sunday June 02, 2024 @11:26AM (#40554912)
There are plenty of old laptops and PCs that you can get for free that are still supported.

You also can just virtualize other platforms.

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Re:PEP 730 – Adding iOS as a supported platform by kaanyalova on Sunday June 02, 2024 @12:39PM (#40555414)
"Hardware" is cheap, easily accessible all around the world, Apple hardware is not.
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