• reddig33@lemmy.worldEnglish
    0·
    6 months ago

    Dev accounts are free. It’s only when you want to post stuff to the store that you start paying.

    • SkyezOpen@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      6 months ago

      Did this change? It was about a decade ago. I could develop and test on an emulated device, but testing on hardware was 100% locked behind a $100 paywall.

    • JackGreenEarth@lemm.eeEnglish
      0·
      6 months ago

      You mean when you want to make it available to download in the only way Apple makes possible? It’s not like you can just send the apk to someone to run on their iPhone, if you want to share the app with others on an iPhone, you have to use the Apple App Store, you have to pay them $100 + the cost of an Apple computer. Just to share your FOSS app with your friends.

      • Tja@programming.devEnglish
        1·
        6 months ago

        If dev accounts are free your friends can get their own accounts and load the app.

            • 0xD@infosec.pubEnglish
              1·
              6 months ago

              You’re not even good at whataboutism, lol. Changing one setting is not even comparable to Apple’s perfection. The message that you need to allow it first even takes you straight to the setting.

                • 0xD@infosec.pubEnglish
                  1·
                  6 months ago

                  Not really: You don’t need to log in. That is more effort than enabling sources ;)

                  Don’t forget that registration also requires an email account! And a phone number! All of that is not necessary for sideloading in Android.

                  • Tja@programming.devEnglish
                    02·
                    6 months ago

                    You log in once when you buy the phone, for email, maps, calendar, play store, browser, messaging, drive, home automation, YouTube…