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But it's a time bomb when you do that, your app'll expire and stop working after a short while. My dev friends who've never used an iPhone think I joke when I t
by phreack 5y ago
But it's a time bomb when you do that, your app'll expire and stop working after a short while. My dev friends who've never used an iPhone think I joke when I tell them that.
- aaaaaaaaaaab 5y agoThat's only true for free developer accounts. If you pay the $99 dollar fee for a proper developer account, your apps' signatures won't expiry that quickly.
- Osiris 5y agoCan't Apple close a developer account if it's never used to submit an app to the app store?
- aaaaaaaaaaab 5y agoI've had my dev account for years before I submitted my first app to the store, so I don't think so.
- Osiris 5y agoI did some checking and it looks like Google is the one that's disabling inactive accounts.
- OmahaBoy69 5y agoGoogle must be pretty lax then. I bought a Google Play license in 2013, and proceeded to upload a handful of shitty apps that have all been auto-removed at this point. My dev account still works just fine, so ymmv.
- Crosseye_Jack 5y agoMicrosoft recently closed a ton of “inactive” Xbox dev accounts, maybe that’s what they thinking about. (Accounts that were inactive from publishing apps/games to the store. The accounts may have well been “active” for side loading/dev work)
- buildbot 5y agoI've had one for ~8 years now I think and never have? I just use it to get early access to betas and such. Which is a valid use case, if you have internal software you want to test or something.
- hendersoon 5y agoTo clarify, it's $99/year, not a one-time fee. With developer mode sideloaded apps expire after a year; without it only 7 days. Why isn't it free, or a nominal one-time $20 fee like the Microsoft Xbox developer program? Very good question.