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They charge a one time fee of $25 to get a developer account. They provide full SDK / tooling and other resources for that $25 fee.

I don't know what universe android app developers are living in, this is basically "free" for most significant businesses.

For that $25, you are NOT going to get white glove support / treatment. Not happening.

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You are conveniently ignoring that developers create apps which are sold in Google's marketplace, of which Google takes a minimum of 15%. They are making more per developer than $25. Please take your inflammatory nonsense elsewhere.

Not to mention that Android would be worth a lot less if there were no third-party apps for it.

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