> FOSS on Apple products that only have an app store is doomed because it costs money to have a developer account. It also costs money to buy a computer and pa

> FOSS on Apple products that only have an app store is doomed because it costs money to have a developer account. It also costs money to buy a computer and pay the electricity bills. It also costs money (indirectly, through man-hours and infrastructure costs) to maintain and distribute FOSS apps through any other channels. The idea behind the fee is basically as a CAPTCHA. Whether it's achieving that goal is very arguable though. Apple definitely could do a better job accommodating FOSS apps. The developer account fee could be waived for verified FOSS developers. They've recently launched a CI service - it should have a free tier for FOSS. Verifying that an app is FOSS should be very simple - the App Store should link to the source code and a public CI dashboard. A part of Apple's 15/30% cut from FOSS app sales should directly go to fund FOSS development. I wish.