Comment by OptionOfT
21 hours ago
It is still disgusting. There is no need for that fee to be there, because remember, it sits on top of the purchase of at least $1,500 (a decent Mac).
I tried to see if I could make improvements to Immich. No can do, as half of their entitlements require a team account (and even then begging Apple to get the entitlements).
Now, they do offer a private account, so I spent time removing those entitlements. Guess what? Starting over 3 times and you're hit with a 'you can only sign 10 apps / week'.
Why do apps built for my iPhone, which I explicitly need to put in Developer mode, need to be signed by daddy Cook?
Apple can charge you that because they have a platform which is a monopoly.
Granted, they did the work that built and maintain the platform, but at some point it's actually the countless developers who contribute value, not Apple.
True. I completely forgot about that part. I absolutely love my windows PC, but I had to buy a mac so I can support cross platform