Regarding your two points, in 2020 Apple claimed there were about 23M developers [1] and they charge $99 every year. Even if only 50% of those 23M devs are act

Regarding your two points, in 2020 Apple claimed there were about 23M developers [1] and they charge $99 every year. Even if only 50% of those 23M devs are actually paying the $99 fee that is still over $1B a year. [1] https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2020/03/apples-wwdc-2020-kicks-off-in-june-with-an-all-new-online-format/ https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2020/03/apples-wwdc-2020-kick...