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You still need a $100 a year developer subscription to develop your app though, right?
by spicybright 5y ago
You still need a $100 a year developer subscription to develop your app though, right?
- jsjohnst 5y agoYou need a subscription to distribute your app via the AppStore, not to develop it or to use the app you wrote personally.
- tempodox 5y agoIf you don't pay the rent-seeking Apple tax, there are severe restrictions for iOS: • You can only install on a very limited number of devices, and the HW IDs are kept by Apple, so installing from a different Mac won't help. It's tied to your developer ID, indefinitely. They don't mention that in the “On-device testing” bullet point. • Your app install will only work for a week. After that, you have to reinstall because some certificate timed out. Nota bene, this is for local installs, no AppStore involved. Yet they bully you into paying rent just so you can run your own app on your own devices.
- MiscIdeaMaker99 5y agoNo, you can develop your app for free. Here are details from Apple's own site about the free vs. paid memberships. https://developer.apple.com/support/compare-memberships/ https://developer.apple.com/support/compare-memberships/
- throw14082020 5y agoYou only need it for iOS/ iPadOS/ watchOS development. You can make a macOS app without a developer license, and just distribute it yourself (outside the Mac App Store). But the iOS app store is the only way users can get iOS apps, so you need to be on the apple developer program
- saagarjha 5y agoNotarizing the app with require you to pay.
- throw14082020 5y agoYes true, but that's not required. You can still distribute apps, and your users can just "right click" and click "open", though this might be a little secret, since most people think they need to go into system preferences.