[HlessClaudesman]

As an app developer, having to eat an ever increasing Mac hardware cost upfront may push people like me to just focus on Android.

[gruez]

You think the situation is better on Android? The margins for Android OEMs are even thinner.

[meindnoch]

Hold on! Even people like you?

Omg. Going short AAPL 10x leverage!

[robertoandred]

Except you only need to eat that hardware cost once a decade.

[HlessClaudesman]

You would think, but My 2019 MacBook can barely run an older xcode that doesn't emulate newer phones / tablets.

Some of these responses to my above post are a bit haughty. I'm just reporting from the trenches that the Apple tax is real, not everyone can afford to keep paying up, and a 20% cost increase is huge.