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I hope Epic wins this. I would buy from Apple again if they would open their platforms. I think it's ridiculous that when I was working on an app, the app would

I hope Epic wins this. I would buy from Apple again if they would open their platforms. I think it's ridiculous that when I was working on an app, the app would expire after a week unless I paid them more money for the privilege of keeping an app I wrote on a phone I paid for. Nevermind software other people made that I should be free to choose to run.

donor20 6y ago
You can distribute an app for free if you are part of their developer program - which is something like $99 for all the needed software and tooling (perhaps one of the lowest SDK prices historically?). They will actually subsidize all your bandwidth / storage / distribution costs in that case.
- the_hoser 6y ago
  Not even close to the lowest price. And that isn't a solution, either.
- zucker42 6y ago
  You can distribute an app for free if you pay Apple $99?
- yellowapple 6y ago
  > free > something like $99 Pick one.
- fomine3 6y ago
  I should tell you that Android SDK takes $0.
  - pjmlp 6y ago
    And $25 for distribution on the store. So what, if those $100 prevent shitty copy-cats, the more the better.
    - hesarenu 6y ago
      It does not in fact prevent anything. There are hundreds of shitty apps in both iOS and Android.
      - pjmlp 6y ago
        Which proves the point that $100 is quite affordable.
        grumple 6y ago
        For first world professionals, it’s nothing. For others it’s steep. And maybe that was the point.
        pjmlp 6y ago
        Others tend to have an Android dominated market, so....
        hesarenu 6y ago
        $100 might cheap for westerners. Not for us.
        pjmlp 6y ago
        True, that is why Android and feature phones rule in such countries, not iOS, thus making a moot point when customers aren't using Apple devices anyway.
- fenomas 6y ago
  > You can distribute an app for free if you are part of their developer program I think you mean: "you can submit an app to them and they will decide whether or not to distribute it".

donor20 6y ago

You can distribute an app for free if you are part of their developer program - which is something like $99 for all the needed software and tooling (perhaps one of the lowest SDK prices historically?). They will actually subsidize all your bandwidth / storage / distribution costs in that case.

the_hoser 6y ago
Not even close to the lowest price. And that isn't a solution, either.
zucker42 6y ago
You can distribute an app for free if you pay Apple $99?
yellowapple 6y ago
> free > something like $99 Pick one.
fomine3 6y ago
I should tell you that Android SDK takes $0.
- pjmlp 6y ago
  And $25 for distribution on the store. So what, if those $100 prevent shitty copy-cats, the more the better.
  - hesarenu 6y ago
    It does not in fact prevent anything. There are hundreds of shitty apps in both iOS and Android.
    - pjmlp 6y ago
      Which proves the point that $100 is quite affordable.
      - grumple 6y ago
        For first world professionals, it’s nothing. For others it’s steep. And maybe that was the point.
        pjmlp 6y ago
        Others tend to have an Android dominated market, so....
      - hesarenu 6y ago
        $100 might cheap for westerners. Not for us.
        pjmlp 6y ago
        True, that is why Android and feature phones rule in such countries, not iOS, thus making a moot point when customers aren't using Apple devices anyway.
fenomas 6y ago
> You can distribute an app for free if you are part of their developer program I think you mean: "you can submit an app to them and they will decide whether or not to distribute it".