[ianmobbs]

This could be huge for the ecosystem. For example, there are ways to use third-party iMessage clients (e.g. through Matrix) that require you to keep a server running on your local macOS machine signed in to your AppleID - this could let developers create hosted versions of those services

[easton]

One Mac (serial number) per instance, so you probably couldn’t host iMessage or other access to Apple Services without getting burned after a couple days (and AWS wouldn’t want you doing it and getting a whole rack of Minis banned from iCloud or something).

[ackbar03]

This seems super hacky though

[detaro]

not to mention expensive.

[SulfurHexaFluri]

$24/day for imessage..

Much much cheaper to just buy a second hand mac mini and leave it plugged in to your router.

[thinkingemote]

running servers (or anything personal) on these instances are forbidden.