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Now I'd like to be able to legally run MacOS on a virtual machine or on AWS or Azure or Google Cloud or something. I know you can rent a bare metal Apple Mini or something, but Apple's terms of service make this all basically illegal to use like any other VM. That means if I want to develop an app for iOS (beyond just what you can do in Swift Playgrounds), I can't just boot up a VM or AWS instance, I have to either b…
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It's been working out fine for the Steam Deck. Sure, you can install Windows and/or any other storefront, but you won't have the console-like experience that Valve's own software provides. It's trivially easy to install pirated games on the Deck, without any cracking or modification of the system. You never have to make a single Steam purchase after buying the Deck, but Valve's betting that you will. And they're righ…
I mean... working fine, in that the only people who buy them are pretty techy. It's not so easy to get Win 10 working right, it requires a fair bit of effort, and the experience sucks. I'm not so sure Steam would be super happy if Epic started distributing a new frontend and store through their marketplace. I'm quite sure they wouldn't let them.
Now I'd like to be able to legally run MacOS on a virtual machine or on AWS or Azure or Google Cloud or something. I know you can rent a bare metal Apple Mini or something, but Apple's terms of service make this all basically illegal to use like any other VM. That means if I want to develop an app for iOS (beyond just what you can do in Swift Playgrounds), I can't just boot up a VM or AWS instance, I have to either b…
Not illegal, but a breach of contract.
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I mean... working fine, in that the only people who buy them are pretty techy. It's not so easy to get Win 10 working right, it requires a fair bit of effort, and the experience sucks. I'm not so sure Steam would be super happy if Epic started distributing a new frontend and store through their marketplace. I'm quite sure they wouldn't let them.
I would be extremely surprised if Valve attempted to block Epic from doing that.
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It's been working out fine for the Steam Deck. Sure, you can install Windows and/or any other storefront, but you won't have the console-like experience that Valve's own software provides. It's trivially easy to install pirated games on the Deck, without any cracking or modification of the system. You never have to make a single Steam purchase after buying the Deck, but Valve's betting that you will. And they're righ…
The steam deck is a way different value proposition compared to consoles though, console manufacturers take a loss for initial consoles sold until they can bring costs. Whereas the steam deck has likely been sold as a profit from day one.
If anything, the iPhone is the odd one out for having hardware margins that don't suck.
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You can run Chrome, which has a virtual machine in it. Maybe not the same kind of virtual machine that you're talking about, but this is the kind of virtual machine that Apple has banned: any kind of code that isn't statically compiled, that isn't immediately readable. This is why Chrome (actual, not the thin cosmetic shell over Safari WebView available now) can't run on iOS: Chrome has to download & run JS code, and…
Can you tone it down a bit with the “has a virtual machine in it” part. The word you are looking for is “sandbox” virtualization.
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Not illegal, but a breach of contract.
Breach of contract is illegal, even though its not (in and of itself) criminal.
Everything I find says that to be illegal, something must be against the law, and that a contract is not law, so the word "illegal" doesn't apply to breach of contract because it's private.
There is a difference between illegality and criminality however -- e.g. breaking the speed limit is illegal but it doesn't reach criminal, as one source uses as an example.
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but now can I run a virtual machine on an android device?
Currently, you're limited to QEMU with software emulation or a Linux proot/chroot. KVM support isn't in a stable version of Android yet but it's coming soon. With an unlocked bootloader and potentially a few kernel tweaks you probably could (as well as Windows and any other compatible OS). I don't think the experience will be very usable, though. iPhones contain dedicated hardware that Android devices don't have (and…
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Breach of contract is illegal, even though its not (in and of itself) criminal.
I can't find anything online to support that. Everything I find says that to be illegal, something must be against the law, and that a contract is not law, so the word "illegal" doesn't apply to breach of contract because it's private. There is a difference between illegality and criminality however -- e.g. breaking the speed limit is illegal but it doesn't reach criminal, as one source uses as an example.
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Breach of contract is illegal, even though its not (in and of itself) criminal.
I can't find anything online to support that. Everything I find says that to be illegal, something must be against the law, and that a contract is not law, so the word "illegal" doesn't apply to breach of contract because it's private. There is a difference between illegality and criminality however -- e.g. breaking the speed limit is illegal but it doesn't reach criminal, as one source uses as an example.
A breach of contract is against, and has remedies provided under, the law of contracts..
> A contract is not law
No, but the law of contracts is law.