Reports of iOS developer account shutdowns may be erroneous

[llfloyd79]

The majority are not devs. Anyone with $99 can buy a dev account.

The deeper issue is that these unscrupulous individuals sell slots to your so-called early adopters, who wind up coming into foroums like this and asking questions that prove that they are neither devs, nor working for devs, nor advanced enough (for the most part) to even understand what a beta is, and should have saved their money.

We understand that this does not necessarily mean you. (Generic you.) But it does mean others amongst you. (Again, generic you.) Hence the problem. It would simplify life for Apple, legitimate devs, and legitimate beta testers if early adopters would stay out of our business.

Furthermore, as I've mentioned before, some of the people who get the beta then feel compelled to email every dev whose apps don't work, or don't work right. Stick with your own [expletive deleted] app, and if you don't have one, just shut up.

I feel ya Ms Alli......amen! Not arguing against ya! Nor would I even try lol.

 

[BLiNK]

it was mentioned around here already. the fact that "technically" these discussions about the beta software should only be within Apples developer forums. that being said i feel like when public forums allow threads to be created discussing the beta software to be seen by all it creates quite a stir. i almost do not blame some people coming here, and other places i frequent, for wanting a piece of the iOS 5 pie

i guess the theory is "well if they have it why can't i?". had these discussions (threads) only be limited to a secure place then the average user(s) would never know. the way Apple originally intended for it to be, i'm sure.

i have to confess, i do own a slot. however, i am also smart enough that it is beta software so there is a unsaid "no complaining allowed" rule. i can prove it if anyone would like to read through my posts

then there are the "others" who will get ahold of the beta software and not understand what exactly is going on and come to a forum, see these threads and feel compelled to complain for whatever reason. it's a vicious circle i guess

lastly, Alli is right and now i will continue to keep my mouth shut

 

[DD214#WN]

ALSO....

I had this issue, even though I never signed anyone up, and it turned out that password just needed to be re-entered. Same password, and it was saved through Firefox, but for some reason it stopped allowing me access to my developer acct until I erased and re-entered the password.