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There are apps that do something similar. They release a new major version every X years and stop supporting the old one. The old one will keep working until i

There are apps that do something similar. They release a new major version every X years and stop supporting the old one. The old one will keep working until it doesn't. If you want the new one, you buy it and upgrade. Airmail used to do this and I believe Tweetbot still does it. Airmail messed it up and I stopped using it altogether after years. I talked to friends that I know used it and they also moved away from it when they messed it up. It's similar to how Jet Brains does it.

axxl 5y ago
Tweetbot has moved to a subscription model as well in the latest version.
- rovr138 5y ago
  Well, there goes that.
  - monocularvision 5y ago
    It’s 6 flipping dollars a year. For an app that relies on a third party API and needs fairly regular updates. While I am not a big fan of subscriptions, feels like a good fit for Tweetbot.
    - rovr138 5y ago
      It's _yet another_ 6 dollars a year subscription for an app. Someone else mentioned that they're being charged on the new API they're being forced to move to. Seems like it's needed. However, I'm curious what other apps will do and if that will cover desktop and mobile apps. We'll see.
- Asmod4n 5y ago
  Twitter sadly didn’t give them an alternative to that. They charge for the usage of their new API.
barake 5y ago
It's incredibly difficult to migrate even engaged users to the new, different app. Apple should really provide a better route for major version upgrades, especially on the Mac App Store.
- rovr138 5y ago
  Mention it and let them make the decision. If there's anything missing, they'll migrate. If not, they don't need it or don't care about it. That's what I do every year when I have to renew my JetBrain products. Do I need it? Will I actively use it? Is it just worth keeping the current version?
  - detaro 5y ago
    I'm not sure how your experience with JetBrains products, which have a dedicated, good flow for easy upgrading thanks to not being limited to the app store, is a good counter to the point that this model could use better support on the app store?
lloeki 5y ago
> Tweetbot still does it. They moved to a subscription model with Tweetbot 6. At least Tapbots is not being dicks: - Twitter makes them pay for the API 2.0 - The Tweetbot subscription is shared across the family The former means I get access to Twitter without ads, kind of like the oft asked "I'd pay to have no ads", and I get a usable UI in the package. The latter is so rare I didn't know this was even possible until that last update.

axxl 5y ago

Tweetbot has moved to a subscription model as well in the latest version.

rovr138 5y ago
Well, there goes that.
- monocularvision 5y ago
  It’s 6 flipping dollars a year. For an app that relies on a third party API and needs fairly regular updates. While I am not a big fan of subscriptions, feels like a good fit for Tweetbot.
  - rovr138 5y ago
    It's _yet another_ 6 dollars a year subscription for an app. Someone else mentioned that they're being charged on the new API they're being forced to move to. Seems like it's needed. However, I'm curious what other apps will do and if that will cover desktop and mobile apps. We'll see.
Asmod4n 5y ago
Twitter sadly didn’t give them an alternative to that. They charge for the usage of their new API.

barake 5y ago

It's incredibly difficult to migrate even engaged users to the new, different app. Apple should really provide a better route for major version upgrades, especially on the Mac App Store.

rovr138 5y ago
Mention it and let them make the decision. If there's anything missing, they'll migrate. If not, they don't need it or don't care about it. That's what I do every year when I have to renew my JetBrain products. Do I need it? Will I actively use it? Is it just worth keeping the current version?
- detaro 5y ago
  I'm not sure how your experience with JetBrains products, which have a dedicated, good flow for easy upgrading thanks to not being limited to the app store, is a good counter to the point that this model could use better support on the app store?

lloeki 5y ago

> Tweetbot still does it. They moved to a subscription model with Tweetbot 6. At least Tapbots is not being dicks: - Twitter makes them pay for the API 2.0 - The Tweetbot subscription is shared across the family The former means I get access to Twitter without ads, kind of like the oft asked "I'd pay to have no ads", and I get a usable UI in the package. The latter is so rare I didn't know this was even possible until that last update.