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by threeseed 1357 days ago
There is no requirement to use the App Store on a Mac.

And yet those programs do not magically work on Windows or Linux because that's not how computers work. Developers have to specifically target and build their programs for the devices they wish to support.

And many apps (in particular SaaS ones) allow you to buy one license and use their program on whatever device they support. App Store doesn't stop you.
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nirvdrum 1356 days ago
No, but I'm sure you're aware that publishers/developers can make versions that run on each platform and license them in more consumer-friendly ways. I've bought non-SaaS desktop apps that come with license codes for each platform. If not included, there's often a discount for buying licenses for multiple platforms. And this doesn't require me to create an account for phone-home license validation. That type of license bundling is not so easy* and definitely less common with walled gardens.

* - I am taking developers at their word on this. I haven't sold anything on the Mac App Store.

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8note 1356 days ago
If you get some windows app, it's possible that you will be able to run it on Linux.

If I can get it to run, licensing shouldn't be another road block

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threeseed 1356 days ago
That's emulation. Apps don't just run anywhere without you doing this.
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squeaky-clean 1356 days ago
In a parallel universe there's an Apple equivalent of WINE. It'd probably be called CIDER.
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Macha 1356 days ago
It exists, it's called darling: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darling_(software)

It's never been as reliable as Apple platforms are way more of a moving target, so it's never got as feature complete and dependable as wine

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seabriez 1348 days ago
That's an extremely rose/favorable look towards Apple which is doing everything in it's power to put itself into the relationship between a developer and a customer (to charge 30% and limit, limit, lock, block). Thats very evil.
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