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Why is being logged-in required to view the Release Notes?

by frewsxcv 12y ago

eddieroger 12y ago
Because Apple chooses to only give access to betas and their release notes to registered developers.
- frewsxcv 12y ago
  How does that benefit Apple?
  - jonknee 12y ago
    They probably aren't interested in catering their beta kit to people who aren't Apple Developers... A good way to cut out a ton of noise in one step.
  - deleted 12y ago
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  - ChrisLTD 12y ago
    For Yosemite they did an open beta: https://appleseed.apple.com/sp/betaprogram https://appleseed.apple.com/sp/betaprogram But in that case, it makes sense to get bug reports from non-developers.
    - LeoNatan25 12y ago
      Still, as I remember, the release notes were still only presented to developers.
  - eddieroger 12y ago
    You'd have to ask Apple. I have no idea. But if I were to venture a guess, I'd say it has something to do with minimizing the press jumping all over speculative statements for features that are weeks (if not months) away from release still. But that's just one thought. I really have no idea.
smackfu 12y ago
You only need to be at the free level though, not the $100/year, so it's not much of a barrier.
- mikeash 12y ago
  That doesn't seem to be the case. I just made a free account quick to test this, and it won't let me access the betas without being a member of the paid iOS developer program.
  - smackfu 12y ago
    My free account can access the release notes though. Which I admit is not that great.
    - mikeash 12y ago
      How are you getting to them? Trying the obvious avenues from a free account only gets me release notes up to 6.1.1.
      - smackfu 12y ago
        This link from the blog post works for me from my very old free account: https://developer.apple.com/devcenter/download.action?path=/Developer_Tools/Xcode_6.3_beta/Xcode_6.3_beta_Release_Notes.pdf https://developer.apple.com/devcenter/download.action?path=/...
        mikeash 12y ago
        Interesting. That works from my free account as well. However, I see no way to actually obtain that URL through the official site. Did I miss something? Is this a bug on their part?
  - crucialfelix 12y ago
    I just downloaded 6.3 beta using my free account.

Why is being logged-in required to view the Release Notes?

eddieroger 12y ago

Because Apple chooses to only give access to betas and their release notes to registered developers.

frewsxcv 12y ago
How does that benefit Apple?
- jonknee 12y ago
  They probably aren't interested in catering their beta kit to people who aren't Apple Developers... A good way to cut out a ton of noise in one step.
- deleted 12y ago
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- ChrisLTD 12y ago
  For Yosemite they did an open beta: https://appleseed.apple.com/sp/betaprogram https://appleseed.apple.com/sp/betaprogram But in that case, it makes sense to get bug reports from non-developers.
  - LeoNatan25 12y ago
    Still, as I remember, the release notes were still only presented to developers.
- eddieroger 12y ago
  You'd have to ask Apple. I have no idea. But if I were to venture a guess, I'd say it has something to do with minimizing the press jumping all over speculative statements for features that are weeks (if not months) away from release still. But that's just one thought. I really have no idea.

smackfu 12y ago

You only need to be at the free level though, not the $100/year, so it's not much of a barrier.

mikeash 12y ago
That doesn't seem to be the case. I just made a free account quick to test this, and it won't let me access the betas without being a member of the paid iOS developer program.
- smackfu 12y ago
  My free account can access the release notes though. Which I admit is not that great.
  - mikeash 12y ago
    How are you getting to them? Trying the obvious avenues from a free account only gets me release notes up to 6.1.1.
    - smackfu 12y ago
      This link from the blog post works for me from my very old free account: https://developer.apple.com/devcenter/download.action?path=/Developer_Tools/Xcode_6.3_beta/Xcode_6.3_beta_Release_Notes.pdf https://developer.apple.com/devcenter/download.action?path=/...
      - mikeash 12y ago
        Interesting. That works from my free account as well. However, I see no way to actually obtain that URL through the official site. Did I miss something? Is this a bug on their part?
- crucialfelix 12y ago
  I just downloaded 6.3 beta using my free account.