AppleInsider is reporting that Apple is now selling access to this year’s WWDC presentations. This content is available to members of the Apple Developer Connection programs, including the free ADC Online and Registered iPhone developers. Apple’s Premier ADC members along with WWDC attendees, have free access to session videos. That said, it appears that members of the Select […]
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Apple now selling access to WWDC presentations via iTunes

Jul 17th 2009 by

AppleInsider is reporting that Apple is now selling access to this year’s WWDC presentations. This content is available to members of the Apple Developer Connection programs, including the free ADC Online and Registered iPhone developers.

Apple’s Premier ADC members along with WWDC attendees, have free access to session videos. That said, it appears that members of the Select ADC, free Online ADC and $99 Student Member programs for Mac OS X development, and the registered iPhone developers, have to pay.

This content isn’t cheap. Separately the Mac and iPhone sessions cost $299 each, if purchased together it costs $499. The steep prices are an obvious attempt by Apple to prevent these session releases from cheapening the WWDC experience. Apple wants you to go to the conference, but at $1595 for a full ticket and $1295 for early purchasers, this may be an economic impossibility. Besides, for the past two years WWDC has sold out, making attendance impossible for many.

After signing up to an ADC program and buying access through the site, Apple will send you an email to activate your sessions videos. Then you can head over to iTunes and download your content, and there is a lot of it. The Mac sessions weigh in at 13GB, and the iPhone sessions at 17GB.

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