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Registration for the developer account to upload free, open-source applications somehow required me to have a Paypal account and a transaction of 0 charged to m

by gawker 16y ago

Registration for the developer account to upload free, open-source applications somehow required me to have a Paypal account and a transaction of 0 charged to me.

markszcz 16y ago
Reminds me of the time when I wanted to open a capital one bank account. They needed me to deposit 50$ in order to open the account and since they dont have any fees on the account, they said I could use my new ATM card to withdraw the 50$. Maybe Palm uses the paypal account to make sure your "serious" about developing on the system but I think that mentality is backwards. I dont think a developer would scam the system just so they can be a developer to produce free, open-source applications.
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sigzero 16y ago
Hopefully, HP changes that too!
gcr 16y ago
Registering for Apple's developer account to upload free, open-source applications to my iphone for testing somehow required me to have a credit card and a transaction of $99 charged to me every year. And yet people don't seem to complain about that. Go figure.
- gawker 16y ago
  I agree that that's broken too. But this is not about uploading to the device. It's about uploading to the store and they said it's Free. Also required were W9 documentation and taxation numbers.
- danilocampos 16y ago
  $100 is a great bozo filter, and Apple does the right thing by letting you fiddle with the SDK to your heart's content before paying anything.
  - generalk 16y ago
    $100 is clearly not a great bozo filter, as evidenced by the ream of poor/useless apps in the store. Also, Apple is not doing the right thing. I bought a phone from them, I have it connected to my computer, and I have the development kit, but running my software on my phone requires me to pay them money.
    - danilocampos 16y ago
      Well, I look at it like this: If you've got the kind of bullshit we see right now at $100, can you imagine if it were free? You don't have to – look at Android Marketplace: http://jonathanbuys.com/11-07-2010/Android-Marketplace.html http://jonathanbuys.com/11-07-2010/Android-Marketplace.html I'd, personally, prefer a $500 fee to get into the store, but whatever. On the other bit, I meant doing the right thing relative to Palm's nonsense about grabbing the SDK after jumping through so many hoops. On Apple itself, I've long believed that you should get provisioning for three devices per year for free with an iPhone developer account. Obviously they aren't making money from the fee, so I wonder if there are practical reasons why they don't do this. Perhaps doing all the certificate/code signing/provisioning nonsense on the server would be too costly to just give away.
      - jsight 16y ago
        Registering to place applications in the android market is not free.
    - tomjen3 16y ago
      Funny, as a HTC user, I don't have that problem. But lets be serious for a moment here - you knew perfectly well that was the requirement when you brought the phone.

by gawker 16y ago

Registration for the developer account to upload free, open-source applications somehow required me to have a Paypal account and a transaction of 0 charged to me.

markszcz 16y ago

Reminds me of the time when I wanted to open a capital one bank account. They needed me to deposit 50$ in order to open the account and since they dont have any fees on the account, they said I could use my new ATM card to withdraw the 50$. Maybe Palm uses the paypal account to make sure your "serious" about developing on the system but I think that mentality is backwards. I dont think a developer would scam the system just so they can be a developer to produce free, open-source applications.

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sigzero 16y ago

Hopefully, HP changes that too!

gcr 16y ago

Registering for Apple's developer account to upload free, open-source applications to my iphone for testing somehow required me to have a credit card and a transaction of $99 charged to me every year. And yet people don't seem to complain about that. Go figure.

gawker 16y ago
I agree that that's broken too. But this is not about uploading to the device. It's about uploading to the store and they said it's Free. Also required were W9 documentation and taxation numbers.
danilocampos 16y ago
$100 is a great bozo filter, and Apple does the right thing by letting you fiddle with the SDK to your heart's content before paying anything.
- generalk 16y ago
  $100 is clearly not a great bozo filter, as evidenced by the ream of poor/useless apps in the store. Also, Apple is not doing the right thing. I bought a phone from them, I have it connected to my computer, and I have the development kit, but running my software on my phone requires me to pay them money.
  - danilocampos 16y ago
    Well, I look at it like this: If you've got the kind of bullshit we see right now at $100, can you imagine if it were free? You don't have to – look at Android Marketplace: http://jonathanbuys.com/11-07-2010/Android-Marketplace.html http://jonathanbuys.com/11-07-2010/Android-Marketplace.html I'd, personally, prefer a $500 fee to get into the store, but whatever. On the other bit, I meant doing the right thing relative to Palm's nonsense about grabbing the SDK after jumping through so many hoops. On Apple itself, I've long believed that you should get provisioning for three devices per year for free with an iPhone developer account. Obviously they aren't making money from the fee, so I wonder if there are practical reasons why they don't do this. Perhaps doing all the certificate/code signing/provisioning nonsense on the server would be too costly to just give away.
    - jsight 16y ago
      Registering to place applications in the android market is not free.
  - tomjen3 16y ago
    Funny, as a HTC user, I don't have that problem. But lets be serious for a moment here - you knew perfectly well that was the requirement when you brought the phone.