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Do you guys really pay 100$/y to build Apps for IOS? (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago by Cr4yfish@lemmy.world to c/lemmydev@lemm.ee
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With every new App published on IOS I wonder again how the financing works. Just through donations, or do you "take one for the team"?

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[โ€“] paysrenttobirds@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Is that for an app store account or what? Either it's your job and like buying tools for a job is not rare, or it's your hobby and also not rare to spend that. I do like when there's a free tier for experimenting, though.

[โ€“] Cr4yfish@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

To build an IOS app you need an Apple Developer Account, which is a subscription service for 100 bucks a year.

It's similar but not the same for Android. With Android you don't need an Account to build the App, just one to publish it on the Play Store - which also only costs 25$ one-time purchase.

Also, I can understand the financing on for-profit Apps like Sync. Shit costs so much money the dude breaks profit with just one person paying premium.

For hobbiest it's on the expensive side. I mean it's probably the most expensive part of the pipeline for most hobby Devs for a way overpriced service. But I get it if you really want to publish your Lemmy App on the IOS store and have the money to do it, just wondering if these people have any plans of breaking at least even via donations or such.