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Correct. You need to own a computer to run computer software.


An Apple computer. To run Mac software. That's what you probably meant.


You don't have to own an Apple computer to run Mac software, so your statement is factually false and his isn't.


Legally.


No, you need to own an Apple computer to install things on your phone. I don't need a computer to install APKs on Android.


No, you don't need an Apple computer to install an IPA anymore than you need a computer to install an APK. Let's stop comparing Apples and Oranges shall we? You need a computer to compile and sign an IPA, the same thing you need to compile and sign an APK.


> You need a computer to compile and sign an IPA, the same thing you need to compile and sign an APK.

You can compile and sign (and, AFAIK, upload to the Google Play Store) an APK on an Android device, using AIDE and perhaps other dev toolkits. No computer needed.




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