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Act two: ----- "Hey, everyone's always talking about iOS...maybe I should check out it's dev tools." Dev navigates to the App Store. "Ah! Here we are. Now I

Act two: ----- "Hey, everyone's always talking about iOS...maybe I should check out it's dev tools." Dev navigates to the App Store. "Ah! Here we are. Now I can find out more about making apps for--" He notices the $5 fee...jaw drops, eyes bug out. "What is THIS?! $5?! Now I can't have my BURNT STARBUCKS TOMORROW!" Buries head in hands, then looks to the heavens. "JOOOOOOOOOOOBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBS!!!" End scene. ----- On a serious note, I was a curious developer. Couldn't grab Xcode 4 because I didn't have Snow Leopard, so I actually went and paid $29 so I could try developing for iOS. Very happy with my purchase.

tvon 16y ago
Okay, you've got me. I hope there is some core distribution of basic build tools available for free in the future though, the first step to building anything on OSX is "go download/install xcode". The community could work around it since all these build tools are freely available, but it's nice to have an official bundle available from upstream.
adbge 16y ago
I think people are forgetting that it's $5 AND the additional hassle of entering your credit card information and so on. The cost could be a dime and Apple would still be raising a non-trivial barrier to entry. Further, it seems like a pretty big "fuck you" to anyone under 18 and/or living in a country, like Brazil, where you can't pay for it.
- ugh 16y ago
  Everyone under 18 can buy a iTunes gift card. (It’s a hassle but it’s not impossible.)
- achompas 16y ago
  What credit card info? You're telling me someone would want to develop for Apple after owning a Mac but having never bought something from iTunes before?