Apple removes $99 dev account requirement for first iOS 17 and macOS 14 betas

Re:Apple removes $99 dev account requirement for first iOS 1... by vachina on Wednesday June 07, 2023 @02:57PM (#36231723)

Sounds like a racket. MSFT does the same with SmartScreen, regardless whether your executables are benign or not, unless you pay them (or a third party) for a signing cert.

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Re:Apple removes $99 dev account requirement for first iOS 1... by TeaDude on Wednesday June 07, 2023 @03:06PM (#36231862)

Oh goodness. I get this crap all the time at work.

Apparently Adobe Acrobat isn't a commonly downloaded application. Somehow I fail to believe that...

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Re:Apple removes $99 dev account requirement for first iOS 1... by Alupis on Wednesday June 07, 2023 @03:46PM (#36232460)

The result? Everybody ignores SmartScreen warnings now...

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Re:Apple removes $99 dev account requirement for first iOS 1... by seba_dos1 on Wednesday June 07, 2023 @03:17PM (#36232029)

The last time I've seen it SmartScreen did not make the option to continue completely undiscoverable though.

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Re:Apple removes $99 dev account requirement for first iOS 1... by aaronbrethorst on Wednesday June 07, 2023 @03:01PM (#36231784)

Yep, AAPL has a $2.8 trillion market cap because of all the $99 fees they charge developers.

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