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As a developer I avoid iOS because they are incredibly unfriendly. For example, you have to pay lots of money for the SDK and app submission, they have incredi
by csense 14y ago
As a developer I avoid iOS because they are incredibly unfriendly.
For example, you have to pay lots of money for the SDK and app submission, they have incredibly restrictive terms on what is acceptable, and they have a reputation for randomly yanking apps with no explanation other than "you violated our policies" (and no refund of the application fee).
There's no recourse because non-jailbroken phones can't download from anywhere but the official app store.
ios users may be a good-sized market full of big spenders, but I personally find them unattractive due to the outright hostility of Apple toward developers.
- ig1 14y agoA lot of money ? - access to the iOS SDK and App Store is a $100 which is a trivial amount given that an average iOS contractors can bill $100/hour.
- twerquie 14y agoIt costs roughly the same amount ($50 for an individual, $100 for a company) to purchase a developer license that can submit apps to the Windows 8 Store. Furthermore, the Windows Store also has restrictive terms on what is acceptable, and does not issue refunds for developer accounts when your apps don't make the cut. You cannot install Windows 8 metro / modern UI apps from anywhere but the Windows Store without unlocking the device with a developer account.