The computer isn't free either. And you can always build and distribute without the ID or the certificate. This is just for distribution through the App Store or to users that have it set to only allow signed apps.
The latter is the default. So for other people to use this application I wrote as a minor, my users would have to change the setting.
Well, if you are that easily discouraged, then maybe that career wasn't really for you, anyway.
This would not have stopped me, but imagine what kind of an ego-boost it is for a 15 years old sufferer of heavy bullying due to overall geekyness to see his home-grown application not just be used by other people but actually getting mentioned in paper publications.
Nowadays I couldn't even get /permission/ to try because these various developer programs require you to be an adult due to various organizational issues.
Honestly, without that ego boost when it happened, I don't know where I would stand today, if at all.
But this is my story. I have a feeling that I'm losing objectivity here due to heavy emotional involvement. I'll be quiet in this topic from now on and just turn that switch off for myself, hoping that there will be a switch to turn off in the future.
The latter is the default. So for other people to use this application I wrote as a minor, my users would have to change the setting.
Yeah, but should users configure their systems to the distribution convenience of some developers?
Or should Apple keep signed apps forever away from OS X for the same reason?
Or should they introduce them, but make unsafe apps the default, and thus render them useless for non security minded people?
All of those options seem a little strange to me.
Nowadays I couldn't even get /permission/ to try because these various developer programs require you to be an adult due to various organizational issues.
Yes, but consider some other things:
a) nowadays computers are a dime a dozen and more kids have access to them than ever.
b) nowadays there are tons of compilers, programming environments, most of them given away for free and/or open sourced.
c) nowadays a kid can make a web app and reach millions of people worldwide. There are tons of ways to put it up even for free.
d) nowadays there are even kids making iPhone/iPad/Android apps, and some have reached hundreds of thousands of users.
e) the sound/graphics/processing capabilities of modern machines were unheard of in those times.
f) High Level languages like Python/Ruby/Javascript trump anything available at the old times for kids (mostly stuff like Basic, Logo, etc). Especially in the libraries department.
The latter is the default. So for other people to use this application I wrote as a minor, my users would have to change the setting.
Well, if you are that easily discouraged, then maybe that career wasn't really for you, anyway.
This would not have stopped me, but imagine what kind of an ego-boost it is for a 15 years old sufferer of heavy bullying due to overall geekyness to see his home-grown application not just be used by other people but actually getting mentioned in paper publications.
Nowadays I couldn't even get /permission/ to try because these various developer programs require you to be an adult due to various organizational issues.
Honestly, without that ego boost when it happened, I don't know where I would stand today, if at all.
But this is my story. I have a feeling that I'm losing objectivity here due to heavy emotional involvement. I'll be quiet in this topic from now on and just turn that switch off for myself, hoping that there will be a switch to turn off in the future.