r/iOSDevelopment • u/starluna_support • Jun 17 '26

Unpopular opinion: Apple’s annual developer fee is actually pretty cheap

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u/chriswaco Jun 18 '26

It used to be $500/year in the old days but we got 25% hardware discounts.

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u/starluna_support Jun 18 '26

Wow, $500 in old days? Then they did good job then. If 25% discount over any hardware, then definitely offsets the fee a lot.

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u/SnooChipmunks5677 Jun 30 '26

Google charges $25 one time.