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Can we take a moment to acknowledge how ridiculous it is that @Apple has ~zero support for developer tools running outside their own products? If a developer wants to support Apple users, they must *themselves* buy Apple products. WTF?
On twitter.com ❤️ 2 Favorites 2022 Feb 12 Mood -3 🙁

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For comparison, I also found a @firefox bug. But ya know what, they actually support all the common operating systems and I was able to just install Firefox, open the debugger, and fix the problem in under 10 minutes. This is the way the web is supposed to work.
Permalink On twitter.com 2022 Feb 12 Mood 0
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Motivating example: I have a website, it has a bug on #iOS. I want to fix said bug. I have a #Windows / #Linux machine. I cannot open an inspector on this iOS device. There is no official solution to this problem. Some workarounds exist, but these only work for old versions.
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You're supposed to use #Safari to open an inspector on your device, but I can't install Safari because I'm on Windows. I remember when Safari used to support Windows, but apparently that's just gone now. support.apple.com/en-us/HT204416#:~:text=Update%20Safari%20on%20Windows%20PC
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There's inspect.dev/ which seems cool and does support "inspect iOS from Windows", but it's not official and is a paid product.
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I could run an iOS simulator, though simulators/emulators are never perfect recreations. However the official simulator requires #XCode which, you guessed it, only runs on #Mac. developer.apple.com/documentation/xcode/running-your-app-in-the-simulator-or-on-a-device
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#Microsoft #Xamarin does support a simulator, but it needs a remote #Mac host to do so. docs.microsoft.com/en-us/xamarin/tools/ios-simulator/ My understanding is that @Apple, either by technical laziness or explicit policy, require that their dev tools only run on Apple products, which handcuffs 3P vendors.
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Only other option is to install #Mac in a virtual machine, but even that violates #macOS terms of service which allow running in a VM *only* if the host is on Apple hardware. apple.com/legal/sla/docs/macOS1013.pdf
Permalink On twitter.com 2022 Feb 12 Mood -1 🙁

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AFAICT, there is no viable, @Apple-approved way of developing and supporting for Apple devices *without* purchasing Apple products. If that isn't the *definition* of #monopoly, I don't know what is.
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And this only hurts @Apple's own users. I can't fix this bug, therefore anyone viewing my website on #iOS devices will feel the pain of the bug. I'm not going to spend $1,300 on an #iMac to debug my personal website. @Apple's choice here directly harms it's own users.
Permalink On twitter.com 2022 Feb 12 Mood -6 🙁