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> and I am sure it cuts down on spammers Okay, just so we're all on the same page: that 100 dollar fee IS NOT for publishing your app. That's not what that is.
by array_key_first 11mo ago
> and I am sure it cuts down on spammers
Okay, just so we're all on the same page: that 100 dollar fee IS NOT for publishing your app. That's not what that is. That's a separate thing with its own costs.
That 100 dollars is just the fee to even make an app. Even if your iPhone never has an Internet connection. And even if you literally load the app via USB to your iPhone only.
It's just extortion. It cannot be justified. Apple does it because they can - there are zero technical reasons behind it.
- jb1991 11mo ago> That 100 dollars is just the fee to even make an app. Even if your iPhone never has an Internet connection. And even if you literally load the app via USB to your iPhone only. This is incorrect. You make it sound like you cannot even get started unless you pay a $100 fee. You do not need to pay Apple any fees to make an app and put it on your own device. You have to pay the fee once you want to distribute it on the App Store.
- array_key_first 11mo agoThis is incorrect. If you want to load the app on your own phone WITHOUT the app store, you MUST pay Apple 100 dollars. Unless you want to rebuild the app every 7 days, which any reasonable human will conclude is a stupid ass arbitrary limitation. Again, it cannot be justified with any technical means. Please, don't even bother trying.
- jb1991 11mo agoYou are contradicting yourself in your comment.
- array_key_first 11mo agoI don't think you read my comment. Trying to get me on an "erm well akshually" level semantic argument means you're wrong, you know you're wrong, and now you're just being annoying. Both of us can agree that the 7 day limitation is far too stringent to be a legitimate solution. So we will go ahead and pretend it does not exist, because for all intents and purposes, it doesn't.
- jb1991 11mo agoMaybe you didn’t read your own comment? > That 100 dollars is just the fee to even make an app. Even if your iPhone never has an Internet connection. And even if you literally load the app via USB to your iPhone only. Someone reading this would get completely the wrong information.
- array_key_first 11mo agoAre you purposefully ignoring the things I'm writing to try to appear right? Because I can still see the words on my screen. To reiterate, semantic arguments are meaningless and do nothing to serve you. If anything, with each passing comment, I am doubting your human-ness, because I don't believe human brains typically act this way.
- jb1991 11mo agoMay I make the humble suggestion that you avoid calling people unhuman just because they point out the gaps in your arguments.