Where does it say you MUST return the DTK by May? It only says it's sending out instructions, primarily for those who want to take advantage of the voucher that expires in may.
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Apple Asks Developers to Return DTK Mac Minis in Exchange for $200 Credit Toward M1 Mac
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When I have problems with an app, I contact the developer and offer to trouble-shoot for him or her. And if I have time, I also offer to beta test the app, which I have done many times.
You don't know me so stop with the "people like you..." rhetoric.
In the original contract. Apple is terminating the program once they send you that letter. The burden is on you to find where they say it’s “optional.”
To be clear, I'm a dev and have the DTK. I'd like to think I have a well formed opinion about this subject.
We want to, but we can only do so through the App Store that also keeps 15% to 30% of that margin for Apple. Hahaha…
I'm just kidding. The macOS doesn't mandate App store usage, so we actually can give developers 100%.
I didn't say anythng about May. You have me confused with someone else.
I pointed out that the email says "in a few weeks" we'll receive instructions for returning it, and that the language did not suggest this was "optional."
Who said that letter is the termination of the agreement? Show me where it says the DTK must be returned by May. Burden is on you.
DTK was always meant to be returned 1 year after the program started. Nothing in the agreement changed.
A lot of developers in here having opinions on Apple and their BUSINESS relationship.
(JK)
No one is qualified to have an opinion by that guy's logic, except thankfully - opinions require no requirements.
Troughton-Smith is a dev too and others, the people tweet cited in OP. so that argument doesn't doesn't make sense
...The only thing is when people say that its their equipment. It's factually not / this isn't an opinion. It's no different than car lease, except a lump sum and no buy out option.
What sucks about this is that a lot of companies (especially startups) follow everything Apple does. So instead of companies following practices like the one you mention (giving a way stuff as a way of showing appreciation to the people who help the company grow) we’re going to see more startups mimicking these new greedy corporate practices.
A lot of apps have tip jars. You could give money that way as well.
Never give people free stuff, they only will ask for more and say what you gave them is not enough.
And how is that different than what was in the agreement?
Agreement said the DTK had to be returned 1 year after the program started. Nothing changed.
I think you're confused about what I said being optional. I'm saying so far the May return deadline is optional. DTK still needs to be returned 1 year after program started.
The Agreement you signed states that it expires automatically after 1 year, that Apple has the right to terminate the program early, and that you must return the unit within 30 days of termination. The email says get ready to return the unit "in a few weeks." The words "optional" or "may" are nowhere in the email.
But hey, if you want to hang on to it until August. Knock yourself out.
You're completely failing to understand what is happening in a few weeks.
"We'll email you in a few weeks with instructions for returning the DTK."
In a few weeks the email is going out. Nothing so far has said when the DTK needs to be returned (other than what was in the agreement). There's only an incentive to return it early for the $200. Otherwise, so far the agreement hasn't changed.
Sure, I can prepare in a few weeks. Nothing says I have to return it by April, May, or June. My program started on June 25, so I have until July to deliver it back.
Conditions of use[edit]
The DTK was made available strictly to developers on a loan, not purchase basis, at a cost of US$500.[1] The device must be returned to Apple one year after joining the Universal App Quick Start Program. Several conditions of use are attached, including restrictions against disassembling the computer, running unauthorized benchmark tests, or using it for work other than transition-related software development.[3][9]Controversy[edit]
The DTK was supposed to be loaned out on an one year lease ending in July 2021. However, the DTKs were rendered unusable in October 2020[10], only four months into the lease period. In February 2021, Apple emailed lessors of the DTK regarding returning the DTK, five months ahead of when the lease ended. As a result, there was outcry over the substandard amount of money paid to lessor of the DTK for essentially a breached contract[citation needed].[11]--
Wikipedia is no authority on anything, but google it and you will see it is so. This isn't a figment of people's imaginations, its a loaner device.
Really the leased device was only usable 4 months out of the 12, so they should get 2/3 of their $500 back (again, imo). But won't happen.
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I think its all sales final on $500 for the lease, and a $200 waiver towards a Mac purchase if they mail it back early. But it's to be mailed back by the end of the lease, as a requirement.
Starting with 11.0 Beta 6, Apple couldn’t be bothered to ship the proper kernel, causing the DTK to have severe performance issues and regular kernel panics, if not requiring complete OS re-installations as the APFS file systems would become irreparably corrupted losing data.
You want to try that statement again?
Straight from the agreement:
Section 4. Term and Termination; Return of the Developer Transition Kit
"The Universal App Quick Start Program will commence on the date You accept this Addendum and will automatically expire and terminate without notice from Apple one (1) year from the date You accept the Addendum"
"You agree to promptly return the Developer Transition Kit to the Apple address designated by Apple no later than thirty (30) days after the end of the Term,"
I accepted the agreement on June 25. I have until July to return it. Today's email changes nothing about these terms so far and it's purely optional to return it by May for the $200 voucher.
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Not quite… a term of the contract is “12 month lease, or upon 30 days notice.” You’re right that nothing has changed. But the DTK goes back immediately.
Not immediately. It simply must go back 30 days after the term ended. I accepted the terms on June 25 2020. My agreement ends on June 25, 2021. Today's letter hasn't said it's ending the terms earlier. I have until July to deliver it back.
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Isn't this $200 more than they agreed to?
And the developers had the benefit of being in that first round, which is why they got them in the first place.
Which of these developer's apps do you think were part of the tipping point that caused people to run out and buy M1 Macs?