Subj : Re: In-App Purchases
To   : Jay Harris
From : Erich Bublitz
Date : Sun Nov 07 2021 11:13:55


> On 05 Nov 2021, Erich Bublitz said the following...

> Make a good app, and I'll happily throw some money your way if I find it
> useful.  I'm even fine with the pay once to remove ads kind of thing.

> What I don't like is the move to subscriptions where there clearly isn't a
> need.  A good example of this is an app called Fantastical.  They were a
> pay-only app (around $7 to buy) and I was happy to give them money for a
> great app.  What it does is take all of your current calendars and display
> them in different/helpful ways.  You can add items to your calendar using
> natural language via text or voice "dentist june 6 @ 10am" and it would add
> that to the correct day and time.

> Then they decided to go "freemium" and screwed over all of us that paid for
> the app.  Now anyone can download the app for free and you have to pay $55
> /year for the app.  $55. per. year.  To display the content already on your
> own calendar. They're not even hosting your content, just re-displaying my
> Google calendar!

> Another company (Notability) recently tried to do this and got blasted by all
> of their users and actually reversed course:

> https://www.iphoneincanada.ca/app-store/notability-reverses-course-existing-u
> se rs-to-get-lifetime-access/

> Fantastical never relented and seemed to enjoy screwing over their customers.

> I updated my rating to 1 star for them, removed the app and now just use the
> Google calendar and the one built into iPhone.

> Jay

> ... Eye witnesses were on the scene in minutes.

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If I find the in app purchase worth the money then I'll pay for the extra
stuff.

$ The Millionaire $
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