XCode 4
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- ernexbcn
The new version of XCode is no longer a free download but a paid download from the Mac App Store (4,99$)
I think this is a stupid and unnecessary move since all the previous releases have been free.
It is still a *free* download but only if you pay the iPhone developer account of 99 dollars a year.
- abettertomorrow0
$4,999? Holy s**t
- graham0
Its great. I'd pay more.
- jadrian_uk0
what???
- Jacque0
You could always stick with XCode 3 while you takes the time to save up that steep $4.99. Or skip a StarBucks latte or whatever.
- Amicus0
Hypocrits. On one hand you want to be paid more for the work you do, and on the other hand you want to get the tools that help you make money for free? Does this really make sense?
IMHO your sense of entitlement is approaching the size Mt Everest.
Chill out and pony up the cash, or don't benefit from the product.
/End Rant
- Ancillary0
It could be a lot more expensive
- SteveJobs0
True, it's only $4.99
Next, you'll start seeing your favorite apps gone, one by one. But not to worry, they're all available in the app store!
3x Faster, 2.5x More Efficient, and an Immeasurable cunning attempt to deceptively nickel and dime you for things that used to be free.
Don't be an idiot. It's not the price, it's the principal.
- stewdio0
Just for reference, one user license for TextMate is €45. If Apple wants to charge $5 for XCode 4 to those outside the Apple Dev Program that's surely not such a big deal yea? And . . . Fonts are far more expensive.
- This move hurts the tinkerers more than anyone.animatedgif
- animatedgif0
I was a massive fan of Apple before, but this is the last straw really. Fuck the app store and fuck them nickel and diming us.
I now have to fucking pay to get a stable compile environment for Mac Open Source software? What the fuck are MacPorts etc users supposed to do.
It's not like OS X is the worlds number 1 platform, charging for developer tools just means the end of free good software on the mac.
- ernexbcn0
No point comparing what other shit costs, the point here is something that was available for free for quite some time now it's being charged, the price is not the issue here, I know we all can afford 5 bucks, that's not the issue here.
- dibec0
I welcome the $4.99 with the rule that it has good support and updates. If it gives apple a little more incentive to reply to dev feedback and make changes, totally worth it. If not, well ... fu.
- Boz0
out of all of the fucked up, greedy, overpricing, anti-consumer shit Apple has done, people make a fuss over this?!
It's so funny.
- ArmandoEstrada0
you prob pay more for your grande latte whatever the fuck you drink every day.
- prophetone0
it's a great tool and i tinker with it. and until now they haven't charged - we've been living high on the hog. so it's now $5. that amortizes to about $1.25 per version thus far if you've used it since the first release. i'm not ready to bust out the kleenex just yet.
- Amicus0
I'd like to buy all the whingers a box of kleenex, so they can dry their eyes and see reality from a better perspective.
XCode enables you to create software more easily, am I correct? So essentially it's a tool similar to a landscapers bobcat. I was going to say shovel, but that's still hard work, so a bobcat is more apt because you can sit on your arse and let the tool do a lot of the heavy lifting for you.
While landscapers have never been able to download a bobcat for free, developers have had 10 years of access to XCode for free. Bobcats cost money to run, maintain and to transport from job to job. XCode sits on your laptop with no running costs, no maintenance costs and if you happen to move sites you pick up your laptop and walk off with it.
To make money from a bobcat you have to use it constantly. XCode you can use once, write a program and with essentially no other work sit back and have profits come in for the next couple of years.
Do I need to add anything else to the argument? It would seem bobcats can't get much better, but XCode is on it's 4th release in 10 years and seemingly this latest version is far better than older versions. How about the fact that a bobcat is noisy and XCode isn't? XCode can be run on a computer that uses green energy, Bobcats use diesel. Bobcats take up room to store... you get my drift.
Take a deep breath, stop whining, stop feeling entitled to everything for free. Put your hand in your pocket and pay the measly $4.99 out of your spare change and be thankful that your life is so freaking easy.
Here, sounds like you need these:
/rant.
- tredesigns0
@Amicus
the landscaper is not youing the bobcat to create something that increates the value of the bobcat maker.
xcode is for making apps for mac product so they do more than sit on a shelf and look pretty. apple takes there cut of app sales and expands is products usability with every app made.
thats like me contracting you to build me a house that i will rent but you have to buy all your tools and materials from and I'll give you a cut of the rent.
they need products in there market place so they should make it as easy as possible to attain and use. whats the 30% for anyway.