[Aaargh20318]

> None of the other desktop/mobile platforms require specific hardware

But they still require hardware, and that hardware isn’t free either.

[eviks]

That hardware is something you use for other purposes, so it's free for the hobby. The challenge of specific hardware is that you can't use your non-specific one and have to pay

[lostmsu]

There are plenty of old laptops and PCs that you can get for free that are still supported.

You also can just virtualize other platforms.

[kaanyalova]

"Hardware" is cheap, easily accessible all around the world, Apple hardware is not.