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by jarcoal 3514 days ago
Sounds like he chose to work as a mobile developer, not an iOS developer.

A Mac let's you write for iOS and Android. Windows doesn't.
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imgabe 3514 days ago
To be fair, it's Apple that doesn't let you develop for iOS on Windows, not Microsoft.
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vaishaksuresh 3513 days ago
Yes but Microsoft doesn't let you build on macOS either. With mac, you still have an option of installing windows. I am not saying one is better than the other, but as a developer, I feel macOS gives me best bang for the buck.
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imgabe 3513 days ago
It's Apple that doesn't let you install macOS on a VM or other hardware. Microsoft has no control over that.
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vaishaksuresh 3513 days ago
Microsoft does have control over building a version of Visual Studio that runs on macOS if they really don't discriminate based on the platform. They want their phone apps built on windows and I think it is fair, but they aren't that much different from Apple.
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