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by cbsmith 4435 days ago
Perfect timing. I paid $99 to get access tot his program just a month ago...
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This is just for point releases, you still get access to betas of major new versions, not to mention the ability to sign apps and publish in the app store, which is what that $99 is really about...

It continues to confuse me why Apple has two separate $99 developer programs, especially since to be an iOS developer you need a Mac anyway, and considering the amount of code-sharing that can happen between Mac and iOS apps I'd think they'd want to encourage developers to move across platforms?

$100B in the bank (though a very small percentage of which comes from these programs) might explain why.