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I highly doubt it. This is not some part of the OS or something, this is a standalone product and it is still OK in the US to have products that are free. Also,

I highly doubt it. This is not some part of the OS or something, this is a standalone product and it is still OK in the US to have products that are free. Also, they've been giving xcode away for free for a decade, long after this accounting practices thing came up.

ptomato 16y ago
Actually, they've been including Xcode with the OS and giving away minor updates for free. History of Xcode, every new major version was released with an OS and would not run on the previous versions of Mac OS X. See also: iPod Touch until recently. Major updates cost some nominal amount of money, minor updates are free.
- __david__ 16y ago
  Yeah, which I think invalidates your accounting hypothesis. If accounting is the reason for the cost then they would have already been charging for it.
  - ptomato 16y ago
    No, because they were distributing it as part of the operating system, which they sold.