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>Maybe I'm just in the dwindling minority of Mac users. I mean, I'm sure you are, but you're not alone. Same boat here. In principle Mac App Store could have b
by xoa 6y ago
>Maybe I'm just in the dwindling minority of Mac users.
I mean, I'm sure you are, but you're not alone. Same boat here. In principle Mac App Store could have been a really wonderful thing, I think Apple in the 00s had a real opportunity to do a great service to their users by creating a unified, solid and flexible licensing system for all devs (and then offering a fully optional vetted software store beyond that). Unfortunately they didn't do that and the MAS sucks. There is no upgrade system which is just absolutely fucking insanity. There are huge restrictions on useful functionality, so it can never be a one-stop place. The licensing and Apple ID management is a total fucking mess too, can't consolidate or transfer licenses like just about every previous Mac system in existence, all sorts of normal concepts like vol or other discounts are a pain/non-existent. I have an old iTools account, and I'm not even allowed to change the primary email address!
The MAS experience, and Apple's online service experience in general over significant time, is just miserable, completely unnecessarily too. Maybe they'll fix that someday, but it doesn't seem to be a priority so here we are :(.