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Avoids people becoming "developers" who just want to side load apps by installing developer versions. It's also an easy way to fight spam by reducing to seriou
by jankassens 9y ago
Avoids people becoming "developers" who just want to side load apps by installing developer versions.
It's also an easy way to fight spam by reducing to serious accounts and allowing manual review.
- anonemouse145 9y agoI hate the one step thinking here. Have the fee when people submit an app for review, not before. Best of both worlds. Lots of developers, rich ecosystem, high hurdle for spam.
- donarb 9y agoThe yearly fee also includes 2 developer tech support incidents where Apple developers can help debug a serious problem in your code that prevents your app from shipping.
- freedomben 9y agoI just don't understand why Apple should care at all what people do on their phones. It's paternalism to the extreme. Paternalism: the policy or practice on the part of people in positions of authority of restricting the freedom and responsibilities of those subordinate to them in the subordinates' supposed best interest.