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		recoiledsnake on June 13, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: iTunes now costs $1.3 billion/yr to run >iOS App Store: Could be break even I suppose. Obviously lose money on free apps, plus the review process can't be cheap. Free apps still need a $99/yr developer fee, though one could submit a whole lot of free apps.

smackfu on June 13, 2011 [–]

I just looked and Apple hires iOS reviewers as full-time US employees with a CS degree. No salary listed, but I would guess that's around $100/hr cost to Apple. So one hour spent on reviewing a free app and now Apple is losing money.

jfoutz on June 13, 2011 | [–]

After the first, because you still have to register as a developer

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