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 "id": "apple_developer_program",
 "name": "Apple Developer Program",
 "category": "developer_tools",
 "website": "https://developer.apple.com/programs/",
 "domains": [
  "developer.apple.com"
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 "summary": "Enrolled on the web: the Account Holder turns off Auto-renew under Membership details in their developer account. Enrolled in the Apple Developer app: cancel the subscription in your Apple Account's Subscriptions settings. Gotcha: once the membership expires, your apps are no longer available for download.",
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  {
   "channel": "direct_web",
   "label": "Enrolled on the website",
   "applies_to": "Memberships bought on the Apple Developer website with automatic renewal turned on (offered only in certain regions, such as Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States)",
   "who": "The Account Holder",
   "method": "self_serve",
   "start_url": "https://developer.apple.com/account/?view=membership",
   "steps": [
    {
     "do": "Sign in to your Apple Developer account and open the Membership details section",
     "expect": "Auto-renew"
    },
    {
     "do": "Turn off Auto-renew",
     "expect": null
    }
   ],
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   "effective": "The membership stays active until its expiration date and then isn't renewed. While Auto-renew is on, the card on your Apple Account is charged the annual fee on the expiration date",
   "notice": "Turn off Auto-renew before your expiration date, when the annual fee is charged",
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   "fees": null,
   "source_ids": [
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    "d2",
    "d3",
    "d4",
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    "d27"
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  {
   "channel": "apple_app_store",
   "label": "Enrolled in the Apple Developer app",
   "applies_to": "Memberships bought in the Apple Developer app, which renew as an App Store auto-renewable subscription",
   "who": "The person signed in with the Apple Account that pays for the subscription",
   "method": "platform_settings",
   "start_url": null,
   "steps": [
    {
     "do": "On iPhone or iPad, open Settings and tap your name",
     "expect": "Subscriptions"
    },
    {
     "do": "Tap Subscriptions, then the Apple Developer subscription",
     "expect": "Cancel Subscription"
    },
    {
     "do": "Tap Cancel Subscription (you might need to scroll down to find it)",
     "expect": null
    }
   ],
   "confirm_by": "If there's no Cancel button or you see an expiration message in red text, the subscription is already cancelled",
   "effective": "You keep membership benefits until the membership's expiration date, shown in the Account tab of the Apple Developer app",
   "notice": null,
   "refund": null,
   "fees": null,
   "source_ids": [
    "d5",
    "d6",
    "d25",
    "d7",
    "d8",
    "d9",
    "d10"
   ]
  }
 ],
 "pay_less": [
  {
   "type": "student_or_nonprofit",
   "what": "Nonprofits, accredited educational institutions and government entities that qualify can request a fee waiver and pay no annual membership fee. Individuals, sole proprietors and organizations that sell digital goods in their apps aren't eligible; it doesn't refund fees already paid, and eligibility is reconfirmed at each annual renewal",
   "evidence": "documented",
   "source_ids": [
    "d11",
    "d12",
    "d13",
    "d14",
    "d15"
   ]
  }
 ],
 "export": [
  {
   "data": "Your registered test device list",
   "how": "In the 30 days before your membership expires, use the option to download a copy of the list",
   "format": null,
   "limits": "Unless you opt in to remove them immediately, all devices are removed automatically 180 days after the membership expires",
   "source_ids": [
    "d16",
    "d17"
   ]
  }
 ],
 "after_cancel": {
  "access_until": "Your membership's expiration date",
  "data_kept": "Registered test devices are removed automatically 180 days after the membership expires, unless you opt in to have them removed at once",
  "you_lose": [
   "Your apps' availability for download (people who already installed them can keep using them)",
   "Submitting new apps or updates",
   "Access to Certificates, IDs & Profiles"
  ]
 },
 "agent_notes": {
  "sign_in_needed": true,
  "phone_or_chat_only": false,
  "retention_step": null,
  "tips": [
   "Only the Account Holder can manage automatic renewal for a website enrollment",
   "Automatic renewal is only offered in certain regions; elsewhere memberships are renewed manually, from 30 days before expiration",
   "After cancelling an app subscription you can resubscribe for up to one year after the membership expires",
   "The annual fee is 99 USD (Enterprise Program 299 USD), in local currency where available"
  ]
 },
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  {
   "id": "d1",
   "url": "https://developer.apple.com/help/account/membership/renewal",
   "title": "Program renewal",
   "publisher": "vendor",
   "quote": "Membership renewal must be done by the Account Holder, who also has the ability to manage the automatic membership renewal.",
   "supports": "who manages automatic renewal"
  },
  {
   "id": "d2",
   "url": "https://developer.apple.com/help/account/membership/renewal",
   "title": "Program renewal",
   "publisher": "vendor",
   "quote": "you can opt in to automatic membership renewal by turning on \"Auto-renew\" in the \"Membership details\" section of your account.",
   "supports": "where the Auto-renew setting is"
  },
  {
   "id": "d3",
   "url": "https://developer.apple.com/help/account/membership/renewal",
   "title": "Program renewal",
   "publisher": "vendor",
   "quote": "If you've opted in to automatic renewal, the default credit/debit card associated with your Apple Account will be charged the annual membership fee on your expiration date.",
   "supports": "when the renewal is charged"
  },
  {
   "id": "d4",
   "url": "https://developer.apple.com/support/renewal/",
   "title": "Program renewal",
   "publisher": "vendor",
   "quote": "Automatic renewal is only available in certain regions",
   "supports": "automatic renewal is regional"
  },
  {
   "id": "d5",
   "url": "https://developer.apple.com/help/account/membership/renewal",
   "title": "Program renewal",
   "publisher": "vendor",
   "quote": "If you enrolled through the Apple Developer app, your membership will automatically renew as an auto-renewable subscription.",
   "supports": "app enrollments are App Store subscriptions"
  },
  {
   "id": "d6",
   "url": "https://developer.apple.com/help/account/membership/renewal",
   "title": "Program renewal",
   "publisher": "vendor",
   "quote": "You can cancel your subscription at any time and retain access to membership benefits until your membership's expiration date",
   "supports": "when access ends after cancelling"
  },
  {
   "id": "d7",
   "url": "https://support.apple.com/en-us/118428",
   "title": "Cancel a subscription from Apple",
   "publisher": "platform",
   "quote": "In Settings, tap your name.",
   "supports": "where to start on iPhone or iPad"
  },
  {
   "id": "d8",
   "url": "https://support.apple.com/en-us/118428",
   "title": "Cancel a subscription from Apple",
   "publisher": "platform",
   "quote": "Tap Cancel Subscription. You might need to scroll down to find the Cancel Subscription button.",
   "supports": "the cancel step"
  },
  {
   "id": "d9",
   "url": "https://support.apple.com/en-us/118428",
   "title": "Cancel a subscription from Apple",
   "publisher": "platform",
   "quote": "If there is no Cancel button or you see an expiration message in red text, the subscription is already canceled.",
   "supports": "how to tell it's cancelled"
  },
  {
   "id": "d10",
   "url": "https://developer.apple.com/support/purchase-activation/",
   "title": "Purchase and activation",
   "publisher": "vendor",
   "quote": "membership is provided on an annual basis as an auto-renewable subscription that renews until cancelled.",
   "supports": "app memberships renew until cancelled"
  },
  {
   "id": "d11",
   "url": "https://developer.apple.com/support/membership-fee-waiver/",
   "title": "Membership fee waivers",
   "publisher": "vendor",
   "quote": "If you're a nonprofit organization, accredited educational institution, or government entity and meet certain requirements, you can request an Apple Developer Program fee waiver.",
   "supports": "who can request a fee waiver"
  },
  {
   "id": "d12",
   "url": "https://developer.apple.com/support/membership-fee-waiver/",
   "title": "Membership fee waivers",
   "publisher": "vendor",
   "quote": "Not be an individual, sole proprietor, or single-person business",
   "supports": "individuals aren't eligible"
  },
  {
   "id": "d13",
   "url": "https://developer.apple.com/support/membership-fee-waiver/",
   "title": "Membership fee waivers",
   "publisher": "vendor",
   "quote": "Not otherwise sell digital goods or services through any of your apps",
   "supports": "apps that sell digital goods aren't eligible"
  },
  {
   "id": "d14",
   "url": "https://developer.apple.com/support/membership-fee-waiver/",
   "title": "Membership fee waivers",
   "publisher": "vendor",
   "quote": "Full or partial refunds are not available for a previously paid membership or the Core Technology Fee.",
   "supports": "a waiver doesn't refund past fees"
  },
  {
   "id": "d15",
   "url": "https://developer.apple.com/support/membership-fee-waiver/",
   "title": "Membership fee waivers",
   "publisher": "vendor",
   "quote": "The Account Holder of your membership will need to confirm your organization remains eligible for a fee waiver when your Apple Developer Program membership is up for its annual renewal.",
   "supports": "eligibility is reconfirmed at renewal"
  },
  {
   "id": "d16",
   "url": "https://developer.apple.com/support/renewal/",
   "title": "Program renewal",
   "publisher": "vendor",
   "quote": "Thirty days before membership expiration, you'll have the option to download a copy of your registered test device list",
   "supports": "downloading the test device list"
  },
  {
   "id": "d17",
   "url": "https://developer.apple.com/support/renewal/",
   "title": "Program renewal",
   "publisher": "vendor",
   "quote": "all devices will be removed automatically 180 days after membership expiration",
   "supports": "when devices are removed"
  },
  {
   "id": "d18",
   "url": "https://developer.apple.com/support/renewal/",
   "title": "Program renewal",
   "publisher": "vendor",
   "quote": "Your apps will no longer be available for download",
   "supports": "what happens to apps on expiration"
  },
  {
   "id": "d19",
   "url": "https://developer.apple.com/support/renewal/",
   "title": "Program renewal",
   "publisher": "vendor",
   "quote": "Your apps will still function for users who have already installed or downloaded them",
   "supports": "installed apps keep working"
  },
  {
   "id": "d20",
   "url": "https://developer.apple.com/support/renewal/",
   "title": "Program renewal",
   "publisher": "vendor",
   "quote": "You won't be able to submit new apps or updates",
   "supports": "no new submissions"
  },
  {
   "id": "d21",
   "url": "https://developer.apple.com/support/renewal/",
   "title": "Program renewal",
   "publisher": "vendor",
   "quote": "Certificates, IDs, & Profiles",
   "supports": "access to Certificates, IDs & Profiles ends on expiration"
  },
  {
   "id": "d22",
   "url": "https://developer.apple.com/help/account/membership/renewal",
   "title": "Program renewal",
   "publisher": "vendor",
   "quote": "If you cancel your subscription and want to resubscribe, you can do so at any time for up to one year after your membership expiration date.",
   "supports": "resubscribing after cancelling"
  },
  {
   "id": "d23",
   "url": "https://developer.apple.com/help/account/membership/renewal",
   "title": "Program renewal",
   "publisher": "vendor",
   "quote": "you can renew manually starting 30 days before the expiration date of your existing membership or any time after it expires.",
   "supports": "manual renewal"
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   "id": "d24",
   "url": "https://developer.apple.com/support/purchase-activation/",
   "title": "Purchase and activation",
   "publisher": "vendor",
   "quote": "The Apple Developer Program annual fee is 99 USD and the Apple Developer Enterprise Program annual fee is 299 USD, in local currency where available.",
   "supports": "the annual fee"
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   "id": "d25",
   "url": "https://developer.apple.com/help/account/membership/renewal",
   "title": "Program renewal",
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   "url": "https://developer.apple.com/help/account/membership/renewal",
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  }
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   "Apple's renewal page explains turning Auto-renew on under Membership details, not turning it off, and doesn't say what confirms the change",
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    "Not confirmed yet: added that Apple describes turning Auto-renew on, not off, and names no confirmation"
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