i dont think apple forces a account on you like microsoft does and they say they are "piracy respecting" like if you only want a editing machine then you dont need a apple account

Edit: Tbh the tracking pixels concern me but your personal data is not sold which is good and i remember in ios telemetry was opt out

[–] WolfLink@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I got macOS running in a VM on my Linux desktop. But then I didn’t want to connect my main iCloud account because I have heard they may ban you if you they detect you are doing stuff like this.

Without an iCloud account I can’t really do the stuff I actually would want to use macOS for, like using Apple’s movie editing software, or making iPhone apps with XCode. The default mail app is nicer than any alternative for Linux I’m aware of, at least.

[–] Jimmycrackcrack@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 months ago

I ran a hackintosh for about 7 years and they didn't care, I used an Apple account. Don't think I had an iCloud though, maybe it makes a difference that I set up that account originally some years prior to building the hackintosh on a real mac.

[–] Spezi@feddit.org 0 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

I never heard of anybody having their iCloud account blocked after using hackintosh and I have qhuite a few friends using it. I think as long as you have actual apple products connected to that account, they won’t block it as to not deter their customers.

The only case I read was on reddit, but they created a new account from scratch and the ban might not even have been related to the hackintosh but just because it was deemed suspicious.

[–] boonhet@lemm.ee 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

You sound like the kinda person who mixes coca cola and fanta together

[–] Spezi@feddit.org 0 points 2 months ago

That would be a very spezial drink