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Microsoft does the same thing. Apple hardware is also said to be overpriced compared to comparable Windows hardware. So, how much do these factors play into App

• latexr 4y ago
  > Microsoft does the same thing. Yes, I responded to and directly quoted someone making that point. > Apple charging $99/year for XCode, and Windows having a free IDE? Apple doesn’t charge for Xcode. It is free and you can get it as a direct download or from the Mac App Store. The $99/year is so you can sign software. > Or can we just give up on trying to track a few dollars through a trillion-dollar company already? I don’t understand the point you’re trying to make.
  • phendrenad2 4y ago
    My point was pretty clear. Apple is a huge company, and allowing every single developer on earth to skip the $99/year fee is unlikely to make any difference to their bottom-line. So why do they do it? There's some obvious reason that this article is missing, because it's focusing on this tiny monetary amount as though it's a huge onerous fee (which might be true in the author's country, to be fair). If you look at the bigger picture, there's more to it than Apple making $99 bucks off of devs.