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Per the Apollo developer's post, a huge amount of the problem is existing subscriptions already sold for $10/year, which are now massive costs - and negative on
by cipheredStones 3y ago
Per the Apollo developer's post, a huge amount of the problem is existing subscriptions already sold for $10/year, which are now massive costs - and negative on net if there's even four months left on them. Not that having the price of your app suddenly quadruple from $10/year to $40/year because of API fees would be a small problem on its own!
https://old.reddit.com/r/apolloapp/comments/144f6xm/apollo_will_close_down_on_june_30th_reddits https://old.reddit.com/r/apolloapp/comments/144f6xm/apollo_w... ("Why not just increase the price of Apollo" section)
- iLoveOncall 3y agoReimburse the yearly subscription their prorated amount and offer the new subscription amount, or even offer to apply the remainder as credit towards the new subscription. Seems pretty easy and obvious.
- bink 3y agoEasy and obvious if you're directly selling to users. Not so easy and obvious if the App Store is a middle-man.
- macintux 3y agoI vaguely recall that Apple stepped in to help Twitter 3rd party clients sort out the refund situation when that platform pulled the same stunt.
- darknavi 3y agoA lot harder to do with ~30 days notice on insane pricing though.
- iLoveOncall 3y agoHe is doing a reimbursement anyway, I'm not sure what that would make harder?