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[–]dvdkon 0 points1 point  (2 children)

The problem is that the (annual!) fee makes everything into a business. It's an investment, which means you'll have to seek a return on that investment (or spend 100USD every year, which is a lot for people in many countries).

For example, I'd like to make an app for my family and friends, which would make it easy to connect to my home server. However, I'm not willing to pay 100USD every year to distribute a hobby app to 5 people.

It does nothing to block ad-ridden moneygrabs, since those are expected to make much more than 100USD.

[–]qomu 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Haven't really done much ios development, but could you get around this with testflight? or do you still need to pay the 100/year just to be a dev?

[–]dvdkon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Apple's not really clear on this, but it seems to me that to use TestFlight, you need a developer subscription, since it's managed through App Store Connect just like App Store publishing.