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Are you describing a situation where you initially pay for the full experience only to later have some of those features you specifically paid for become in-app

Are you describing a situation where you initially pay for the full experience only to later have some of those features you specifically paid for become in-app purchases again which you have to re-purchase? If so, surely that's not legal? I've seen apps where something similar to this happens before but people who bought the original full price purchase are grandfathered in.

jonathansizz 10y ago
Yes, exactly. New Star Soccer is one game that did this; original purchasers lost features they'd paid for. I also thought it wouldn't be allowed, but apparently it is. If they just released a separate free version there'd be no problem.
evilduck 10y ago
There's also the scenario where a previously-purchased game becomes ad-filled. One example: I purchased Rovio's Bad Piggies outright for a couple bucks way back when when there was the ad-supported version and the fully unlocked ad-free purchased alternative. Sure, my current version has all the features I originally paid for, but the experience has gone to shit. The purchased version was a complete and ad-free game at the time. Now my version of it is filled with ads for their other games and "consumable" IAP options at damn near every pause screen, every menu and the loading screens because they made the game "free", which essentially downgraded my experience back to the free-to-play version they started with. I didn't lose any game mechanics, but I lost the ad-free experience I paid for.
- yock 10y ago
  I had this same experience with the original Angry Birds, also from Rovio.
Aldo_MX 10y ago
It certainly should not be legal... If you do not have a backup available to restore to, we regret that we have no alternate method for preventing the ads from being displayed. However, we will be happy to make it up to you with in-game currency for Bejeweled Blitz, Plants vs. Zombies 2, Solitaire Blitz, or Zuma Blitz. Please contact support and provide the receipt from your original purchase of Bejeweled or Bejeweled HD. https://help.ea.com/en-us/help/bejeweled/bejeweled-classic/seeing-ads-in-bejeweled-on-ios/ https://help.ea.com/en-us/help/bejeweled/bejeweled-classic/s...

jonathansizz 10y ago

Yes, exactly. New Star Soccer is one game that did this; original purchasers lost features they'd paid for. I also thought it wouldn't be allowed, but apparently it is. If they just released a separate free version there'd be no problem.

evilduck 10y ago

There's also the scenario where a previously-purchased game becomes ad-filled. One example: I purchased Rovio's Bad Piggies outright for a couple bucks way back when when there was the ad-supported version and the fully unlocked ad-free purchased alternative. Sure, my current version has all the features I originally paid for, but the experience has gone to shit. The purchased version was a complete and ad-free game at the time. Now my version of it is filled with ads for their other games and "consumable" IAP options at damn near every pause screen, every menu and the loading screens because they made the game "free", which essentially downgraded my experience back to the free-to-play version they started with. I didn't lose any game mechanics, but I lost the ad-free experience I paid for.

yock 10y ago
I had this same experience with the original Angry Birds, also from Rovio.

Aldo_MX 10y ago

It certainly should not be legal... If you do not have a backup available to restore to, we regret that we have no alternate method for preventing the ads from being displayed. However, we will be happy to make it up to you with in-game currency for Bejeweled Blitz, Plants vs. Zombies 2, Solitaire Blitz, or Zuma Blitz. Please contact support and provide the receipt from your original purchase of Bejeweled or Bejeweled HD. https://help.ea.com/en-us/help/bejeweled/bejeweled-classic/seeing-ads-in-bejeweled-on-ios/ https://help.ea.com/en-us/help/bejeweled/bejeweled-classic/s...