We’ll stop selling our Code Editor app for iOS soon

Re:We’ll stop selling our Code Editor app for iOS soon by sb057 on Tuesday May 11, 2021 @12:07PM (#27119846)

>So out of that deal I (as a user) have gotten pretty much nothing - the developer is constantly taking my money with nothing to offer in return. If I stop paying, they'll take away the app I've paid for.

That's a feature, not a flaw.

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Re:We’ll stop selling our Code Editor app for iOS soon by izacus on Tuesday May 11, 2021 @12:10PM (#27119888)

I fail to see how this is a feature for me as a user in any way.

I get it - developers want to rent-seek and suck on that sweet passive income without actually having to constantly provide any value for users. But from a users perspective, I get nothing, especially when the response from developers is to just stop development.

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Re:We’ll stop selling our Code Editor app for iOS soon by 1_player on Tuesday May 11, 2021 @02:03PM (#27121361)

It'd be acceptable if the developer in turn were to refund me all the money I've given them when I was subscribed.

I'm left with nothing, they're left with nothing. That's fair enough.

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Re:We’ll stop selling our Code Editor app for iOS soon by drewzero1 on Tuesday May 11, 2021 @12:47PM (#27120353)

A feature for the seller, not for the user. We've moved on from personal computers to computers as a service, but it's getting pretty clear who they're serving.

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