Does the $19 (not $99) fee to get an app running on a phone really hurt that much? Maybe for hackers who likely won't be publishing to the store or looking to make a profit, but for people making money off other stores, it's negligible. You'll make that back in publicity alone, since you'll make news just by being on the store. The developer fee for iOS doesn't put a damper on the number of people who develop there.
I'm not sure what you mean by lack of familiarity with the MS development stack. Javascript is pretty ubiquitous. C++ isn't uncommon either. And as I mentioned, Microsoft puts a lot of effort into helping devs get their apps running on Windows Phone.
It would help your argument a lot if you didn't spread misinformation.
I'm not sure what you mean by lack of familiarity with the MS development stack. Javascript is pretty ubiquitous. C++ isn't uncommon either. And as I mentioned, Microsoft puts a lot of effort into helping devs get their apps running on Windows Phone.
It would help your argument a lot if you didn't spread misinformation.