Comment by willvarfar 1 year ago Can you elaborate?My memory is that Apple _charged_ developers to make apps :) 6 comments willvarfar Reply mitjam 1 year ago To publish something on a feature phone was much more costly, including five-figure quality approvals. The App Store was a true revolution and probably needed new players that were not as entrenched with carriers like Nokia, and Siemens. simultsop 1 year ago Interesting. Nowdays people put more money to lure devs to their platforms. KeplerBoy 1 year ago They still charge those 99$ a year, don't they? simultsop 1 year ago I think so. But I meant no work contracts and lots of employees. simultsop 1 year ago Imagine Apple even got paid by developers and not pay them
mitjam 1 year ago To publish something on a feature phone was much more costly, including five-figure quality approvals. The App Store was a true revolution and probably needed new players that were not as entrenched with carriers like Nokia, and Siemens. simultsop 1 year ago Interesting. Nowdays people put more money to lure devs to their platforms.
KeplerBoy 1 year ago They still charge those 99$ a year, don't they? simultsop 1 year ago I think so. But I meant no work contracts and lots of employees.
To publish something on a feature phone was much more costly, including five-figure quality approvals. The App Store was a true revolution and probably needed new players that were not as entrenched with carriers like Nokia, and Siemens.
Interesting. Nowdays people put more money to lure devs to their platforms.
They still charge those 99$ a year, don't they?
I think so. But I meant no work contracts and lots of employees.
Imagine Apple even got paid by developers and not pay them