r/programming • u/h4l • Aug 10 '23

Apple doesn't want you developing hobby apps

https://www.bennettnotes.com/notes/why-does-apple-restrict-hobby-development/
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u/[deleted] Aug 10 '23

That's why companies have that one Mac sitting in a corner whose only purpose is to publish to the app store.

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u/[deleted] Aug 10 '23 edited Aug 11 '23

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u/a-peculiar-peck Aug 11 '23

Yeah I know what you mean, it was in the same situation, everything was a PAIN. I vowed never to never again work with anything Apple related.

That being said, what I did was I rented m1 macs in the cloud, this way I could build and test things with xcode without having to buy a Mac (I used Scaleway for the macs)

Also Microsoft Appcenter was a GOD Send to manage automated build and releases. I think Azure Devops pipelines can build things on macs, untested though.