Apple has a gajillion dollars. Devs still have to pay $100.
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#2Although I agree with the point made here, Apple probably wouldn't have a gajillion if they weren't charging developers (not the only income, I know).
"Palace is made of bricks" we like to say.
Re: Apple has a gajillion dollars. Devs still have to pay $100.
#3Probably the first tier of "keeping out the riff-raff"
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#4I see the developer fee as just a barrier to entry to submit apps to the marketing place - kinda just to stop the riff-raff. I suspect it also is linked to the the legal agreement as some type of consideration.
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#5Yes, and can you imagine how much worse the app store would be if the people screening apps didn't have apple charging a $100 cover?
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#6There are hundreds of thousands of apps in the App Store, most of which are terrible. Imagine how many would be in there if there was no $100 fee.
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#7They would have less than a gajillion dollars if they let any robo-scambucket inject malicious and worthless products into their many Gardens of Algorithmic Delight.
Access to a quarter billion users with one-click credit cards is either worth $100 to you or it isn't.
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#8Translation:
'Wah wah. Mommy won't let me eat cake! but me like CAKKKEE SO MUCH! Mommy mean! Mommy have so much cake not let me have any. Stupid Mommy.'
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#9I see the developer fee as just a barrier to entry to submit apps to the marketing place - kinda just to stop the riff-raff. I suspect it also is linked to the the legal agreement as some type of consideration.
There already exists a $1500 barrier to entry: the cost of a Mac.
Thanks though, if I want to load programs on my iPhone, I'll do so through Cydia.
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#10If I had bought one share in Apple six years ago then they would have paid for five years of developer membership fees.