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Problem solved, if kids have access to Android. Apple is aggressively pursuing the edu market, and seems to be winning there. This is antithetical to the "kids learning to code" ideal.

I don't care what kids code on, I care about access. And forcing people to pay $99 to run their own code on their own devices is beyond unconscionable.

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The $99 is to publish apps - I've made a couple of little quick fix utils for work projects by building and deploying straight to the phone via USB, no subscription required.

Without jailbreaking?

Of course without jailbreaking

Google is aggressively pursuing the edu market with Chromebooks, so what?

You can develop for Chromebooks, on Chromebooks, for free, and it's one-time $5 to distribute. That's what.

The point is about access to the tools, the skills, and the ability to share; if the vendor controls any of those, FAIL.

Well, then we are lucky that we live in a free country where school administrators can buy whichever tools they think are best for the children.

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