An iOS app update that annoys me

Re:An iOS app update that annoys me by tobr on Monday May 17, 2021 @02:10AM (#27180498)

Wouldn’t it be possible to emulate this in a somewhat contrived way with in-app purchases? Make the app free, and then have a new in-app purchase each year: “2020 features”, “2021 features”, etc. Every year would include all the features of previous years, so new users on year N don’t have to pay N times as much to start using the app.

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Re:An iOS app update that annoys me by eitland on Monday May 17, 2021 @03:49AM (#27180984)

"Agenda" on iOS does something very similar.

I've never really gotten into it but still paid once or twice because I loved the idea so much :-)

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Re:An iOS app update that annoys me by skinnymuch on Monday May 17, 2021 @03:20AM (#27180830)

This seems a bit convoluted. Another is the drop to 15% for subscriptions after the first year. I believe this only affects developers doing $1M or more in revenue. But still

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Re:An iOS app update that annoys me by vineyardmike on Monday May 17, 2021 @04:24AM (#27181178)

I believe apple only gives discount to developers doing less than 1m in revenue not more than 1m.

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Re:An iOS app update that annoys me by skinnymuch on Thursday May 27, 2021 @06:19AM (#27301154)

I confused my self. The 15% across the board is for under $1M. While 15% after first year of iap subscription would only benefit $1M+ Devs as the others are already at 15%.

In other words I complicated it. It’s 15% for all in app purchase subscriptions after a year for all developers.

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Re:An iOS app update that annoys me by watwut on Monday May 17, 2021 @02:17AM (#27180526)

I think that this would complicate maintenance and code itself. Plus, people who paid for 2020 features would still wanted you to fix bugs.

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