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Not to mention the Play Store requires $25 per listed app - removing the "anti-spam" argument some are making.

The issue is paying $99 to even be allowed to think about making an app - plus the arbitrary requirement it must be built using a Mac.

Not all apps are commercial, and not all apps generate revenue, and not all apps are even on the App Store!

It's just an absurd requirement. Stockholm Syndrome, anyone?

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> Not to mention the Play Store requires $25 per listed app

This is also false:

https://support.google.com/googleplay/android-developer/answ...

I say "also" because you were also wrong about the Apple Developer Program: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36235313

Getting nit picky I see. Yes, it does appear I was incorrect about it being a per app fee, which makes this model even better than I had realized.

> Getting nit picky I see.

How is it nit picky when you were using the nonexistent $25 listing fee as part of an argument? "$25 per listed app - removing the "anti-spam" argument some are making."

£99 just gets it ability to submit apps to the store. You can still use the developer tools and develop an app for free.

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