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		zadikian 38 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: People inside Microsoft are fighting to drop manda... Xcode is also available as a standalone download from developer.apple.com, which requires an account too, but at least it's way more reliable than downloading from the store.

phist_mcgee 38 days ago [–]

To add to it too, they only gate the download behind developer.apple.com or the app store. But the .app file doesn't phone home when installing

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