Google I/O 2012

Re:Google I/O 2012 by moses1400 on Tuesday March 13, 2012 @05:36PM (#3700525)

Think about this... Google charges you $900 to attend a conference that they will "teach you" how to build apps that work on their systems which benefit them way more than you.

I know Apple charges a developer fee as well.

Amazing how this hacker/developer world works - pay for access to their app stores, pay for conferences to learn how to make apps for their app stores, etc.

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Re:Google I/O 2012 by BHSPitMonkey on Tuesday March 13, 2012 @06:09PM (#3700620)

Bear in mind that all of the I/O developer session videos get posted at no cost after the conference.

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Re:Google I/O 2012 by mhansen on Wednesday March 14, 2012 @04:31AM (#3702261)

It's not zero-sum. The devs get a lot out of it, too. All the devs that buy tickets to IO think that IO benefits them more than the $900 they're parting with.

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Re:Google I/O 2012 by Achshar on Tuesday March 13, 2012 @05:44PM (#3700551)

this amount includes the gadgets that they give to people. last year there were three if i remember correctly. one was for game devs only.

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Re:Google I/O 2012 by zer0her0 on Wednesday March 14, 2012 @04:04PM (#3705102)

There were bunches of gadgets given out @ every IO, some to everyone, some to attendees of specific talks.

Also, said developers are planning to make money with these new skills, in addition to networking, I think most people find it well worth it or they wouldn't attend.

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