Apple Developer Program

“it was worth it even back then”

“Having to have them step in burned several decades of trust.”

“took with Apple 1 hour with registration and then one phone call”

“anecdotally the overwhelming share of failed checks followed by "piss off we're not talking to you any longer" occurs with non-US IDs”

“I ended up purchasing a dev account because it works for all the Apple devices in my home.”

“get an Apple Dev account and use TestFlight”

“requires an active Apple Developer subscription”

“Apple not even allowing devs to run their own app without periodically resigning the app every 7 days ( without paying 99$ to Apple)”

“but only for Apple accounts that are not a part of the Apple developer program (99$) AFAIK”

“My bigger complaint about Apple is how overboard they've gone with the security stuff, making it it that much harder to develop software for their systems”

“You need to pay $99 a year to be an Apple developer if you want your app to live on your phone for more than a a week.”

“being unable to run then for longer than a week on my own hardware without paying $99 a year is especially frustrating”

“Good networking, food and vibes.”

“Works wonderfully for macOS, and users of my app have had no issues with it.”

“that feels worth about $100 considering how badly documented their APIs are”

“it is dead simple to renew. Just pay the $99.”

“perhaps Apple isn't uniquely overpriced (they all seem to be that way)”

“they have at least 9 different certificates to generate with no explanation which one you need on the page”

“I called Apple Support who transfered me once to their EU Developer support”

“Again, it's clear that they're providing this out so that organizations with power don't have to start a fight”

“You won’t have any issues with enrollment or distribution that way.”

“It sucks that I have to pay at all though, I admit.”

“multiple back and forths with the reviewer got me nowhere, they just copy pasted the same response not addressing my messages at all”

“even the fact that it’s possible makes it 1000 better than Google’s way of handling it”

“Requiring dollars for signing and then _still_ showing a warning when someone installs your application seems crappy to me.”

“going through the steps for that process would result in the name on my account being changed to the legal name”

“Imagine if in the 90s Apple could come in to a software company and dictate what development practices and account management they must do”

“They can kick you out and make your software the equivalent of bricked hardware; without any means to appeal their decisions.”

“the binary expires in a week... enough to learn and debug, but not ideal for a personal tool.”

“I dislike apple and all these big tech providers for their abusive control/power and at the same time vast layers and levels of incompetence.”

“Its just more of Apple financially gate keeping their ecosystem so they make more money in as many channels as they possibly can.”

“No, that is ridiculous and usurious.”

“the situation is getting ridiculous, I'm at the point where I'm honestly not sure what special set of magical incantations”

“the problems we had with our dev certificate a few years back absolutely had the same "actual state is hidden behind an opaque wall of process" characteristic”

“subscription-based (and government ID requiring) developer program membership which is the only way to get such signatures”

“the painful part was getting a DUNS number”

“Apple's position of dominance here makes their refusal to answer a GDPR subject access request all the more galling.”

“Apple developer program is $99/year everywhere and making iOS apps without a Mac used to be impossible and is still difficult”

“I find it hard to believe that charging people is the only way to stop people people from making multiple/spam accounts.”

“I am able to interact with actual humans to have the issue resolved.”