Sorry hadn't seen your message earlier. Everyone pretty much covered it but basically I have multiple reasons why: - an app on the app store can be pulled out

Sorry hadn't seen your message earlier. Everyone pretty much covered it but basically I have multiple reasons why: - an app on the app store can be pulled out at any moment. - I can't backup a specific version of the software that I like (I've seen before software become overly bloated in future versions forcing me to keep using an older version) - I do not want to support Apple's policies on the app store and do not want to ever end up having a system that's as restricted as IOS (although if that happens I'd jump ship back to Linux so I guess my non app store purchases would become useless anyway) - my experience with ios app store reviews told me that Apple rules are idiotic, the review experience is poorly managed and they don't give a fuck about keeping developers happy now that iphones are massively successful (very different than when they were trying to court developers back in 2005ish...). I don't want my money to help finance this with the 30% cut that Apple takes. It all really boils to control, being able to keep backup of the software I use, having access to that software even if the developer stops selling it for whatever reason. I dislike the fact that end users have less and less control over the platform they buy and I do not want to be part of that. I'm a tad hypocritical since I use a mac and I have an iphone lying around to test and software dev on but buying on the app store is where I draw the line.