From $960 + $399/year.
I think it's quite an accomplishment to survive in the modern world of free software development tools.
I think it's quite an accomplishment to survive in the modern world of free software development tools.
Quite a few years ago I worked at a company using Delphi, and judging by their homepage they are still using it. A company making industrial machinery, with a tiny internal software department for the software for provisioning and maintaining the machines, as well as the control room software. Usability and development velocity is more important than looking hip, and easy access to hardware interfaces is paramount. And compared to developer salaries those license costs really aren't that bad
Also pretty common in enterprise tooling, which is the market of tools like Delphi.
The alternative is everyone getting surprised that their favourite free software development tools (only free thanks to VC money), eventually goes away.
I see it less on Apple platforms except for published applications and niche tools.
You already paid for XCode via their beloved hardware margins.
(Technically it is optional if you don't need to ship signed apps or submit to the app store and you don't care about the rest of Apple's developer program.)
So should be perfectly enough for hobbyist.