[preisschild]

AFAIK the Apple EULA, which you have to agree to before uploading Apps to the App store, requires that you have built the software on Apple Hardware.

IANAL, but if I understand correctly that means, the only conformant way to build on linux would be to you install linux on the Apple hardware.

[bitwize]

With antitrust regulators (including, to a certain extent, the relatively feckless ones in the USA) breathing down Apple and Google's necks, they might not be able to get away with enforcing that rule for long.

[MrGilbert]

I really hope that the EU might step in once again. I own an iPhone, I am a software developer, but I cannot distribute apps to end users, because I don't own a Mac. That is frustrating.

[scripturial]

I’ve never tried because I’m on Mac these days, but can’t you meet the licensing rules by using a Mac vps for 10 minutes to do a build, or even just use GitHub actions? (I read that GitHub actions provides a Mac build option but I’ve not tried it)

[MrGilbert]

Probably, yes.

[pjmlp]

Likewise a Mac developer cannot distribute Windows apps, Playstation, Switch, XBox,...

[MrGilbert]

I don’t know about the consoles, but I'm a Windows Developer with over two decades of experience.

In contrast to MacOS, I can run Windows on pretty much every x86 machine available. Thanks to EU reseller laws, I can also obtain a cheap license. Finally, I have to pay a small one-time fee for a developer account at Microsoft, in contrast to the recurring fee Apple is charging.

So… that's apples and oranges to me.

[pjmlp]

Provided you are lucky that drivers exist out of the box for that x86 machine.

By the way, try to install Windows ARM, or Windows CoPilot+ PC on any board you feel like.

[detourdog]

It may use Secure Enclave.

[saagarjha]

It doesn’t.

[detourdog]

Not even for key protection?

[saagarjha]

Nothing requires you to protect your keys.