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Apple charges to develop for iOS, correct?

• krrrh 10y ago
  But you are allowed to say what the price is, which is what GP was surprised by. It's $99 a year FYI.
  • plafl 10y ago
    Exactly. I don't like having to pay, obviously. But not being able to say the price is removing information from the market, not to avoid helping competitors, just to make it more inefficient and abuse a position of power.
• citruspi 10y ago
  Not necessarily. They charge $99/year to distribute your application, but for development you can run your application on your device for free[0]: > You can launch your app on a device using a free Apple ID account, but the capabilities available to your app depends on the platform and your Apple Developer Program membership, described in Supported Capabilities. You just won't have access to CloudKit, Game Center, Push Notifications, Wallet, In-App Purchases, etc. [0]: https://developer.apple.com/library/content/documentation/IDEs/Conceptual/AppDistributionGuide/LaunchingYourApponDevices/LaunchingYourApponDevices.html https://developer.apple.com/library/content/documentation/ID...
  • chipperyman573 10y ago
    Which is excusable - they're charging for their online services (essentially)