Oh for pete's sake it's an Apple developer account. Microsoft, Google, and every...

Bjoern · on June 20, 2012

Neither have any of those. Just because everybody does it (require registration), does not automatically make it good and ok. Sorry, you can downvote me if you like.

Karunamon · on June 20, 2012

I could have sworn that both MS and Google required a live and google account to actually access their dev tools.. huh, guess not.

That said, these complaints about registering to access proprietary data always struck me as a bit silly.

HorizonXP · on June 20, 2012

Yeah, RIM has the same requirement when you try to view content from their developer conferences (DevCon, Jam, World, etc.). It is an issue that BB developers have clamoured for the removal of too.

However, the actual documentation and tools don't require an account to access. Just conference content.

batista · on June 20, 2012

>Neither have any of those.

You'd be surprised. They might have some videos and material for free (as does Apple, btw), but lots of other development stuff from them requires an MS/Google account.