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As a consumer when I buy a product I expect it to be a finished product with minimal bugs. If it does have bugs it should be remedied/fixed and I shouldn't have

As a consumer when I buy a product I expect it to be a finished product with minimal bugs. If it does have bugs it should be remedied/fixed and I shouldn't have to pay for it (similar to a warranty). If there are new features, I'll pay for them if I want them.

blihp 5y ago
That's only feasible if the platform is relatively stable. The problem, especially with 'modern' platforms, is that it doesn't even remotely work that way anymore. On iOS and Android, for example, they make breaking changes nearly every major release of their respective platforms. So for an application to look like it's standing still (i.e. just to keep working from release to release) takes a non-trivial amount of work.
- yreg 5y ago
  Well iOS Transmit still works just fine, 3 years after it was discontinued…
- Hammershaft 5y ago
  This is one the larger reasons iOS (& android) gaming is such a vapid wasteland of exploitative f2p trash. https://variety.com/2019/gaming/features/android-ios-apple-google-game-dev-problems-1203191551/ https://variety.com/2019/gaming/features/android-ios-apple-g... The 'Pay Once' model used for quality self contained games that you see on windows or consoles are unsustainable for constantly incompatible os updates.