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Re: Amazon EC2 Mac Instances
       
An interesting offering from Amazon that is crippled by Apple and MacStadium, who deserve to be raked over the coals for their recent EULA changes. Just read the post on MacStadium's blog: https://blog.macstadium.com/blog/developers-big-sur-and-vindication

Under the new agreement, you must:

* Rent to only one organization

* Rent for 24 hours at the minimum

* Use it for some set of "approved" development work

…among other restrictions. And Brian Stucki is celebrating these changes?! This is a sick joke. You're enjoying a significantly tightened EULA that benefits nobody but yourself, a EULA that means that a single CI build now costs $26 on AWS instead of 50 cents; one that means that more than half the comments here are confused why AWS is ripping people off.

Shame on you Brian Stucki, shame on you MacStadium, and shame on you Apple. Your EULA changes are absurdly hostile to developers, since now they're either going to have to buy Macs themselves or rent from MacStadium…

Маки на AWS!

https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/new-use-mac-instances-to-build-test-macos-ios-ipados-tvos-and-watchos-apps/

Виртуалка mac1.metal (12 vCPU / 32 GB RAM) на базе Mac mini. На данный момент под капотом Intel Core i7 8-го поколения, системы с процессором Apple M1 будут доступны в 2021-м году.

Виртуалка "железная", потому просто поиграться не получится - потребуется Dedicated Host с тарификацией минимум за сутки, т.е. при стоимости доллар с небольшим за час - это 25$ минимум (зависит от региона и не везде пока есть). Так что пробуйте осторожно. 😀

Можно использовать как для работы в терминале через SSH, так и в качестве удалённого рабочего места через VNC:

https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/ec2-mac-instances.html

В общем, отличная штука для macOS разработчиков, но не побаловаться.

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