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> turn his company into a very specific type of enterprise software They would just need to release a pro version of their app you can pay upfront in the App S
by mrzool 4y ago
> turn his company into a very specific type of enterprise software
They would just need to release a pro version of their app you can pay upfront in the App Store, and then release paid updates later following the same model. No need to "turn a company" into anything.
- kybernetyk 4y ago> and then release paid updates later following the same model. How? Paid updates are not possible with the app store. If they were we wouldn't have to jump through those anti-user IAP and subscription hoops.
- mrzool 4y agoYou just release a new version of the app at full price. Like Silvio Rizzi has been doing with Reeder for 5 major versions since 2010, pretty successfully.
- foooorsyth 4y agoSo you litter the App Store with N + 1 versions of your app — where N is the number of major versions you’ve released plus the subscription version for non-enterprise end users. I mean sure, that may work, but it’s really ugly and it’ll probably confuse end users when they search for your app. Apple should account for this model in a better way.
- Aeolun 4y agoCompletely agree, but in the meantime…
- zamnos 4y agoI searched the app store and was only able to find "Reeder 5". As someone who hasn't purchased 4, it doesn't show up, so new users aren't confused. Old users are presumably able to figure out that the idea that the bigger number is the one they want. As for "littering" Apple's app store, it's just rows in a database, of which there are millions. Waste sucks, but we're not talking about a meaningful amount here.
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