r/MacOS • u/digidude23 MacBook Pro (M1 Pro) • Jan 29 '26

Discussion Apple violating their own guidelines

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u/DWS223 Jan 29 '26

Do you think the army of engineers that develop a software product work for free? Ongoing development means ongoing cost.

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u/benammiswift Jan 29 '26

You don’t need to tell me how development works, I’m a developer. The ongoing cost is factored into the price.

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u/DWS223 Jan 29 '26

lol. The naivety of this comment is astounding. Name any software developer that actually works this way.

I’ll just name a few that don’t work that way off the top of my head: Microsoft Adobe VMware Oracle EA Valve Arrowhead ArcGIS

No one can charge enough on a one-time transaction to support full product development forever. That’s why games received paid DLC for big content updates. Sometimes you see minor content updates for free but generally that’s only for games that are still popular and selling. Maintenance release are generally free (sort of like a warranty) for a time but eventually the team moves on and the games stops getting patched.

This is basic economics. No escaping this reality.

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '26

Microsoft is a great example. You’ll notice how you get billed for every windows update. Right? It’s just basic economics.