No, they make it hard on purpose even for hobbyist developers with cumbersome signing process and 7 days limit, as a way to bank on the 99$/year registration.
$99/year is peanuts, that's less than 1 hour of developer time. All it does is prevent spammers from creating a shitload of free accounts.
> $99/year is peanuts, that's less than 1 hour of developer time
lol, I wish.
Well ... it might not be what a developer is paid, but it's the value a developer creates for a business (experience and training withstanding of course), if you catch my drift.
There's a difference between your salary, what you cost to the company, and how much they charge the customer for your time.
You're not thinking of programmers from developing countries. It can be several days wage there.
99 cents a year would stop spammers creating a ton of accounts too
Making it harder also heightens the bar so low-quality or malicious apps don't get in.