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[saagarjha]

If you have a free account, you can install an app from source and it will remain valid for 7 days.

[Zak → saagarjha]

That's obnoxiously short and probably intended to discourage people from using that as a distribution channel for developer-focused apps.

[saagarjha → Zak]

That's the point. It's meant for testing your apps, not distributing them.

[sigjuice → Zak]

What is the validity for paid developer accounts?

[saagarjha → sigjuice]

Until your certificate expires, so a year.