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I agree with all of this, but isn't it possible to charge for updates via an in app purchase?

• saagarjha 6y ago
  Then you’re shipping every version of the app at once, I guess?
  • chadlavi 6y ago
    No. Let's say I'm on version 9 of my app and I release a new major version 10. I think I could use in-app purchases in a new pushed version 9.1 that allows all the people who already have the app to purchase the upgrade to 10. Everyone who buys the app brand new now gets version 10, without that in-app purchase to upgrade to 10.
    • saagarjha 6y ago
      Right, but if someone starts at version 3 they need to always be on version 3 until they pay…
      • chadlavi 6y ago
        That's the whole point the linked post makes--they wish it were easier to make that happen. Updates represent labor. It's fair to ask users to pay for that labor.
• manigandham 6y ago
  Possible but poor experience for devs and users. The app will have to contain the full working functionality for every major release, and seamlessly handle upgrading it internally. This is counter to how almost all applications are actually build and released where you only run the artifacts for the current version.