Apple has taken software developers hostage.
In order to distribute software on a Mac, developers must pay a ransom fee to #Apple of $99/year.
And then Apple can still decide to block their app.
The world needs to figure a way out of this quagmire.
Greg Slepak /
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2024-12-09 00:03:01
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