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> I think it's completely okay to ask them to pay $99 then. Sure, just like Linux distributions charge developers before allowing them to enrich the Linux ecos

• ASalazarMX 9y ago
  Or, you know, charge ONCE instead of yearly. The "membership" should be an entry barrier, not a revenue source.
  • ancarda 9y ago
    It's an ineffective entry barrier given the App Store has so many junk apps like Flappy Bird clones or fart sounds.
    • philsnow 9y ago
      The apple app store is astonishingly bad. Searching for the exact name of an app doesn't give you the app half the time. the only reliable way to get an app is to search the web for it, find the developer/publisher's home page, and then click an itunes link from there.
      • kakarot 9y ago
        That's why I'm so baffled that quality is used as the excuse for ripping off developers and further closing off their ecosystem.
  • fyfy18 9y ago
    You need to buy Apple hardware to develop for iOS, is that not a barrier enough?
  • Spivak 9y ago
    Why not when they know you'll pay it? You can make whatever ethical plea you like but not much will change the fact that entry into the Apple ecosystem is apparently so valuable that people will shell out a hundred bucks without thinking about it. Hell people shell out $1000+ for a Mac for the sole purpose of developing iOS apps. If anything Apple is probably under-pricing this 'service'.
• samcat116 9y ago
  One thing people keep forgetting is that $99 does get you two code level support cases with Apple Engineers per year.
  • kakarot 9y ago
    It'd be nice if that were a separate package instead of an excuse.