Microsoft Ups its Free App Submission Cap by 20X

Back when Windows Phone 7 launched, Microsoft restricted the number of free applications a developer could submit to five per year. Though it probably cut down on the number of farting bikini apps, it seems developers had a problem with only being able to submit five free apps as Redmond has upped the cap considerably.

In a recent news letter to developers, Microsoft revealed that after “feedback” from devs and partners, it would be raising the limit on free app submissions from five to 100. That means those submitting free app number six or seven don’t have to pay the $20 submission fee, as they would have had to in the past.

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