One developer account can distribute to 100 iPhones without the App Store. You can distribute to an unlimited number of devices if you leave the app in a permanent beta test without full App Store approval. You simply distribute via Test Flight.
> One developer account can distribute to 100 iPhones without the App Store.
But I had 200 friends.
> You can distribute to an unlimited number of devices if you leave the app in a permanent beta test without full App Store approval. You simply distribute via Test Flight.
How does each user modify the code you've given them without them each needing their own developer account? The goal here is low-friction bazaar-style development of open source applications, where new users who may not know how to develop an app and have never done it before now can figure out how two change two lines of code in an existing app, and will if it means they can fix a problem they themselves have and then run it on their own device.
"You have to pay $100 to attempt that" creates friction and inhibits opportunistic improvements, which is the evil to be prevented.
