[Entaroadun]

Registering a developer account is free.

[cageface]

I know I just assume that this is one of the things supported by that fee. These conferences can't be cheap to put together.

[atlbeer]

They aren't cheap to attend either

[smackfu]

And they sell out fast since they keep them so small.

[ugh]

So small?!

[smackfu]

Well, they sold out ~5000 tickets in 12 hours. True, that's not small, but clearly there's more demand than they are providing for and a lot of developers got left out. It's the same size as Google I/O for comparison.

Splitting off OS X from iOS would probably help a bit but Apple won't do it.

[augustl]

The last couple of years, Steve has said that he's sorry he can't find a bigger venue. Perhaps that's the problem? Which venue could the conference use to support more attendees?

[nhangen]

Yes, but I don't think you get the videos without paying for an account and signing the licenses. Or do you? Can anyone verify?

[suninwinter]

I only recently payed the $99, but I downloaded all the WWDC 2010 videos months ago.