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If you do that in the app store (ios or android), prepare to get thousands of 1-star reviews for your old version from people who believe they are entitled to u

If you do that in the app store (ios or android), prepare to get thousands of 1-star reviews for your old version from people who believe they are entitled to updates for their lifetime. I've seen it upfront two times in the playstore, where apps I liked released a new version. I was eager to buy the new version but the new/updated reviews for the old ones were ruthless. One app had to give the new version for free. The other had to promise to keep updating the old version too. The first team just gave up on both apps. The second team (one developer actually) continued but slowly toned down his efforts, going into essentially maintenance mode.

dismantlethesun 9y ago
Can't you take down the old app? Maybe previous owners can continue to use and download it but new customers won't be able to find it in the search.
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jasonkostempski 9y ago
If the software is actually useful people will complain but ultimately purchase it. Problem is, almost all software is only really useful to a select few and just kind of nice to have for everyone else.
sangnoir 9y ago
> If you do that in the app store (ios or android), prepare to get thousands of 1-star reviews for your old version from people who believe they are entitled to updates for their lifetime. As I user I've had the opposite problem: developers who radically change an app that was perfect. I have no way to revert to the older version I preferred. If the developer had created a new app, I could have stayed on the old one. It's unfortunate most other users want unlimited updates. Paid upgrades and version selection remains an unsolved problem.
- aj_g 9y ago
  Yeah. I disable auto updating for this reason on my phone. I've had a number of apps change up their functionality on me or add obtrusive ads and I can't go back to what once worked just fine for my needs.

dismantlethesun 9y ago

Can't you take down the old app? Maybe previous owners can continue to use and download it but new customers won't be able to find it in the search.

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jasonkostempski 9y ago

If the software is actually useful people will complain but ultimately purchase it. Problem is, almost all software is only really useful to a select few and just kind of nice to have for everyone else.

sangnoir 9y ago

> If you do that in the app store (ios or android), prepare to get thousands of 1-star reviews for your old version from people who believe they are entitled to updates for their lifetime. As I user I've had the opposite problem: developers who radically change an app that was perfect. I have no way to revert to the older version I preferred. If the developer had created a new app, I could have stayed on the old one. It's unfortunate most other users want unlimited updates. Paid upgrades and version selection remains an unsolved problem.

aj_g 9y ago
Yeah. I disable auto updating for this reason on my phone. I've had a number of apps change up their functionality on me or add obtrusive ads and I can't go back to what once worked just fine for my needs.