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Build an iOS app on Linux or Windows

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168 points todsacerdoti | 2 comments | 25 Jun 25 01:31 UTC | HN request time: 0.442s | source
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malloc-0x90 ◴[25 Jun 25 05:23 UTC] No.44373871[source]▶
Never built on Apple, last time I tried:

it asked me to update Xcode;

Xcode asked me to update the OS first;

and the OS asked me to buy a new 1300$€ MacBook hardware (with similar specs, the one I was using wasn't even that old/slow).

So to quote Rick and Morty i though: "That's just subscription with extra steps!" - and made a windows program and an Android app.

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zombot ◴[25 Jun 25 05:34 UTC] No.44373921[source]▶
Exactly. Apparently Apple still finds enough idiots who perform that dance, but they've lost me. I can only hope others will follow and xtool looks like it can help.
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1. lynx97 ◴[25 Jun 25 06:27 UTC] No.44374159[source]▶
Do you call anyone who isn't of your opinion an idiot?
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2. zombot ◴[25 Jun 25 16:06 UTC] No.44378851[source]▶
I'd argue it's not about my opinion. What my parent comment describes is a recognizable pattern that Apple has been pulling for over a decade now. Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me ad nauseam again and again — well...