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Apps, initial few software updates were paid. Version 1 didn't have the app store, they pushed web apps initially
by sleepychu 7y ago
Apps, initial few software updates were paid. Version 1 didn't have the app store, they pushed web apps initially
- Wowfunhappy 7y agoThat's paying for a software update. I can understand why you're conflating the two, but I don't think it's correct to do so. By making updates paid, Apple was charging users for work that had been done on the software side after the user made their initial purchase.
- coin 7y agoThey charged for OS upgrades to be compliant with I believed the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. As providing free upgrades would amount to pre booking revenue.