It has always been that price, yes. Inaccessible is a different metric - there are many who find that price reasonable for the knowledge and experiences you get at WWDC, like talking to Apple engineers directly about the products they're making.
Inaccessible, relative to the fact that tickets sell to people who only want to be there for the keynote and see what iOS $NEXT will be, then only recently.
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It has always been that price, yes. Inaccessible is a different metric - there are many who find that price reasonable for the knowledge and experiences you get at WWDC, like talking to Apple engineers directly about the products they're making.
Inaccessible, relative to the fact that tickets sell to people who only want to be there for the keynote and see what iOS $NEXT will be, then only recently.