Re:We’ll stop selling our Code Editor app for iOS soon
by appleiigs on Tuesday May 11, 2021 @12:33PM
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As a consumer when I buy a product I expect it to be a finished product with minimal bugs. If it does have bugs it should be remedied/fixed and I shouldn't have to pay for it (similar to a warranty). If there are new features, I'll pay for them if I want them.
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Re:We’ll stop selling our Code Editor app for iOS soon
by blihp on Tuesday May 11, 2021 @01:22PM
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That's only feasible if the platform is relatively stable. The problem, especially with 'modern' platforms, is that it doesn't even remotely work that way anymore. On iOS and Android, for example, they make breaking changes nearly every major release of their respective platforms. So for an application to look like it's standing still (i.e. just to keep working from release to release) takes a non-trivial amount of work.
Re:We’ll stop selling our Code Editor app for iOS soon
by Hammershaft on Tuesday May 11, 2021 @05:32PM
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This is one the larger reasons iOS (& android) gaming is such a vapid wasteland of exploitative f2p trash.
https://variety.com/2019/gaming/features/android-ios-apple-g...
The 'Pay Once' model used for quality self contained games that you see on windows or consoles are unsustainable for constantly incompatible os updates.