> Is the community of devs being forced to buy mac hw just do dev a iOS/macOs app so large

Yes.

Why else would you buy such an expensive machine with such a crappy operating system?

It's Unix and it can run any pro creative app you like.

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		> It's Unix Not so much these days.[0] [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50031653

Not crappy. Skill issue.