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> haven't paid for the Apple Developer Program yet

Then you aren't even half done. You still have to undergo the memorable experience of code sign and app store review.

First wrote iOS apps in 2010. Loathed it then, loathed it now.

I shun these devices for which I can't write my own software without permission.

Code signing has been a non issue for years now. It was a complete horror show when we started 15 years ago but in today's Xcode it all just works out of the box.

Oh while a single simple setup is easier, it's still a horror show as soon as you need entitlements, more build environments, more devices (wtf does Apple makes us wait 72 hours to add one?!), ... Apple caters to kids starting development these days, not enterprise developers.

Even getting in the program takes time. I signed up on Thursday, had to send a ton of documents, and for organizations, you need a DUNS number. Whole process kind of sucks currently.

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