How can developing an app could even cost millions of dollars?

Question

I’ve come across some government agencies and other businesses claiming they’d spent millions of dollars developing an app. How can developing an app could cost so much money?

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Answer 1

10 developers/designer on $100k/year for one year of development is $1m straight up, and that’s before support staff such as admin, plus equipment, marketing, legal and every other expense that has to be done by the book in government.