> I like the $99/yr bar of entry.
I bet Apple likes it even more than you do.
I bet Apple likes it even more than you do.
There's enough love to go around.
To Apple, the $99 fee for developers is a minuscule fraction of 1 percent of a rounding error. Apple don't love it because it's money, they love it for the exact same reason I love it: it makes it a little bit harder for malicious scammers to get away with repeated criminal activity.
No, it's not a panacea. But it does weed out the utter junk and spam. It means when Apple finds something dodgy, they can sometimes find the human responsible, and it makes it expensive for developers to create new accounts if they are banned.
So much to love.
The world isn't fair, and Apple isn't obliged to give away their stuff for free.
If you can't afford $99/year, then you can't afford the substantial time investment required to learn Objective C / Swift, write an app, submit it, support it, and maintain it.
True, and you are not obliged to give pass to Apple either.