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> 2. you got what you bought, you could not and did not expect updates Given the number of user-hostile updates that often arrive somewhere along the way, i'd

by tux1968 7y ago

> 2. you got what you bought, you could not and did not expect updates Given the number of user-hostile updates that often arrive somewhere along the way, i'd like to go back to not expecting updates. Happy to pay for new versions when new features are enticing enough.

masklinn 7y ago
> Happy to pay for new versions when new features are enticing enough. And many devs would be glad to provide that, but the shit-heaps that are "modern" storefront don't allow for it. AFAIK neither Google's playstore nor Apple's appstore allow for upgrade pricing, if you release an update or upgrade every user gets it for free. Or you have to release a completely different piece of software, pray that it does't get rejected as a duplicate, pray that it doesn't consume a finite resource (like twitter application tokens) and can't offer "upgrade pricing" different from first-purchase pricing because you can't differentiate. This sort of pricing methods remains fairly common for computer software houses who sell their thing directly.