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90% of this could be summarized as freemium has made software worse. But I don't think I like any solutions which involves giving Apple more power to disinterm
by kartayyar 6y ago
90% of this could be summarized as freemium has made software worse.
But I don't think I like any solutions which involves giving Apple more power to disintermediate developers from users even more.
I consider limiting the kinds of apps that developers can build a free speech issue.
I think making an "Editors Choice Lite" label would help. I.e. that apps can sign up for an optional extra level of vetting to indicate they are free of some of the monetization dark patterns listed in this post.
- seanalltogether 6y agoI'm convinced the app stores would look very different if they supported free trials and version upgrade pricing. Its weird that we've dropped the fundamental distribution features that powered the software and games industry for such a long time.
- fakedang 6y agoIsn't the freemium model an extension of the software trials models?
- zem 6y agoI would not want to limit the apps a developer can build, but I would definitely like to see clear warning labels so that users can filter efficiently