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by jayski
876 days ago
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> Apple can not be forced to give you their SDKs, Services etc for free and help you sell that product on their marketplace for free. The argument is we wouldn't need their marketplace and services if they allowed users to easily download and install software downloaded from regular websites. you know... the way it always worked and still works in Linux/BSD. There are obviously security implications to this, but I believe if I own the device I should be able to take the risk. As far as their SDKs they actually do need to provide those for free, otherwise nobody will develop software for iOS and they won't be able to sell devices. |
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It currently doesn’t work like that. To develop and distribute apps, even free apps, a developer membership costing US $99 a year is necessary. Yet there are plenty of free apps without in app purchases or external subscriptions or payments.