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[–] 6 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

and you can only do that on a Mac

Why is that?

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  • [–] 1 point 2 weeks ago (1 child)

    I was hoping for a technical explanation.
    I can cross-compile on Linux to Windows.
    Why must i develop for Mac on a Mac?

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  • [–] 8 points 2 weeks ago* (2 children)

    You can develop the app (as in write the code) on any platform but Apple made it so iOS apps can only be compiled from Apple devices. There's no particular technical reason I'm aware of just they've designed their proprietary compiler that way and haven't released it cross platform.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 child)

    Windows and Apple both desire 100% control over their ecosystems l, including custom tooling and languages that may not exist elsewhere.

    Reliance on other people's stuffeans less reliance on the OS provider. Hence why they have competing, well everything.

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  • [–] -2 points 2 weeks ago (1 child)

    That's laughable. Windows does not demand 100% control over their system. Windows is a you think you can do it let's see you go ahead and do it and fuck shit up. And when you do fuck it up you'll have a much more difficult time fixing it. On Linux it's a yeah go ahead fuck shit up Good luck here's a log should be easy to fix it but you got to make it work in the first place. On a Mac it's you'll get it from this space install it in this way or you won't use it at all.

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