Re:Apple Developer Program Membership Fee Waivers Now Available
by donarb on Wednesday January 03, 2018 @07:20PM
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The yearly fee also includes 2 developer tech support incidents where Apple developers can help debug a serious problem in your code that prevents your app from shipping.
Have the fee when people submit an app for review, not before.
Best of both worlds. Lots of developers, rich ecosystem, high hurdle for spam.