>it's not too much for a motivated developer living in a first world state.

icebraining · on Oct 20, 2018

We're talking about owners of a Mac. They're not likely to be that strapped for cash, regardless of where they live.

LaGrange · on Oct 20, 2018

Plenty of people out there with hand-me-down or 2nd (or 3rd) hand Macs.

icebraining · on Oct 20, 2018

At a global level, those are called "rich people". I'm sure you can find some individual exception somewhere, but by and large every mac user will be able to scrape or borrow $100 by the time their software is developed, tested and ready to ship.

LaGrange · on Oct 21, 2018

That is so hilariously out of touch I feel hard not to consider this wilful ignorance.

icebraining · on Oct 21, 2018

That seems uncharitable of you.

geodel · on Oct 20, 2018

And will they be same set of people proficient enough to make paid software on mac platform?

LaGrange · on Oct 21, 2018

...paid? You think only paid software needs certification? Also, yes, they will be the same people anyway, not every worthwhile project gets VC funding. Also, unpaid software is _already_ suffering from the certification situation.