Why do they want dev skills to go at a premium price? For one thing, they do not have any shortage of apps coming in to their app store. They're no longer in th

Why do they want dev skills to go at a premium price? For one thing, they do not have any shortage of apps coming in to their app store. They're no longer in the business of begging people to deploy apps. Instead, they're in the business of vetting the apps people submit. Raising barriers to entry for new developers is a cost-cutting measure for them. And fewer apps on the store, even at the margins, is a revenue enhancer for incumbent app developers. This may or may not be an explicit factor in their decision making. But it surely contributes to their lack of focus on docs: better docs will improve their profitability not at all.