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Indeed. Plus don't underestimate the psychological barrier that value can provide. 100$ are a sweet spot: it keeps everyone and their dog from signing up just because ("it's free, I might give it a go"), but at the same time it's not too much for a motivated developer who wants to dabble into programming for the Apple ecosystem of devices.

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>it's not too much for a motivated developer

living in a first world state.

We're talking about owners of a Mac. They're not likely to be that strapped for cash, regardless of where they live.

Plenty of people out there with hand-me-down or 2nd (or 3rd) hand Macs.

At a global level, those are called "rich people". I'm sure you can find some individual exception somewhere, but by and large every mac user will be able to scrape or borrow $100 by the time their software is developed, tested and ready to ship.

That is so hilariously out of touch I feel hard not to consider this wilful ignorance.

That seems uncharitable of you.

And will they be same set of people proficient enough to make paid software on mac platform?

...paid? You think only paid software needs certification? Also, yes, they will be the same people anyway, not every worthwhile project gets VC funding. Also, unpaid software is _already_ suffering from the certification situation.

You don't pay to develop, just publish. So hobby developers are fine.

> it's not too much for a motivated developer

This is pretty subjective.

Ok, what entitles anyone to be able to publish their software in the repository of a for profit company? Why should it be open for free to everyone? You don't want pay that fee? Cool, there's Android and many other open platforms to program for. I will never understand the sense of entitlement people have against Apple. You are free not to buy Apple products and services if you think they are overpriced. Plus, no, it's not subjective. It's objectively low compared to many other access or licence fees a developer might pay in heesh professional life.

I'm not sure where you get a sense of entitlement from my comment. But my point about the fee is that even if it is low compared to other fees, that doesn't mean all developers who want to publish in the Apple ecosystem can afford to do so.

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