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

Development is a lot harder than people think, it requires knowledge, skill and hours upon hours of focus, far more than people think. The developers and orbiters involved all cost a lot of money.

Then once it is all complete, there is no guarantee that it will be bug free or easily deployable/released to a live state.