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statictype on April 29, 2010 | parent | context | favorite | on: Jon Stewart assails Apple for becoming "Big Brothe...

At least Apple doesn't charge you $80 to change your desktop background on a netbook

On the other hand, they do charge you $99 an year for the privilege of putting code you wrote on a device you own.

arethuza on April 29, 2010 [–]

What about an Xbox 360?

According to this page it is $99 a year to be able to distribute Xbox Live Community games:

http://creators.xna.com/en-US/XboxLIVECommunityGames

statictype on April 30, 2010 | [–]

True. Moral of the story: Big Companies like to give the shaft to consumers.

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