Apple reverses iPhone developer program limit policy
updated 06:25 pm EDT, Thu August 6, 2009
Apple alters policy
Apple may have reversed its decision prohibiting developers from redefining their list of devices that qualify for the ad hoc iPhone Developer Program, says MacMagazine. The program enables developers to test beta apps without publishing the software on the App Store. Developers can opt for a yearly agreement that allows up to 100 iPhone or iPod touch devices to be assigned to the development program, while any unused devices can be removed from the list.
Developers initially could remove and add any 100 iPhones or iPod touches as needed. Apple in May limited the abilities to combat piracy, instead allocating 100 devices that could not be removed. Developers were also prevented from adding new devices to the list.
The new policy is available as a yearly program that can be renewed for $100 annually.
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Misunderstanding?
I think you have misread the article in question.
Now that renewals are possible (we've only just hit the 1 year mark of wide public availability of the developer program after all) people are renewing. That renewal costs $99.
Upon renewal you get to reset your 100 devices, as it'd never happened. It doesn't grant you the right to do so repeatedly through the year, and it isn't an additional $99/year cost.