Xcode can be downloaded for free, developer accounts are also free. What isn't free is shipping stuff to users in any form unless you're part of a development t

Xcode can be downloaded for free, developer accounts are also free. What isn't free is shipping stuff to users in any form unless you're part of a development team. My first MacBook (used for Xcode that is) costed 250 dollar coupled with a 200 dollar iPad 2 around 2013-2014. The iPad 2 was stolen and the MacBook 2008 kept working until around 2018 but was replaced in 2015. But the grandparent simply needed to test a login feature that required iCloud. Any iPhone would do.