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It seems the apps starting to enforce upgrades to pro in ~February of this year. On the AppBrain page you can see the rating nosedive from 4.6 stars (out of 5)

• prmoustache 3y ago
  > It seems the apps starting to enforce upgrades to pro in ~February of this year. Only when installed from Google playstore.
  • p0w3n3d 3y ago
    Yeah but the price is symbolic... and maintaining app on Android, even without adding any features, requires some work to catch up on the changes made to the system
    • readthenotes1 3y ago
      Unfortunately, the charge to my credit card would not be merely symbolic.
• screamingninja 3y ago
  Developer's response to several of the negative reviews complaining about their data being held hostage: > Hey, it is just a tiny one time payment, you will never have to pay again :) lf you uninstall the paid app within 2 hours, you are automatically refunded. If you want a refund anytime later just contact us While I understand and respect the developer's desire to monetize, creating a set of expectations and then pushing an update to require payment for accessing local data feels like ransom. Have to be careful with the trust users place in you.
  • andrepd 3y ago
    Data hostage? All of these apps feature easy and painless import/export of data to an open format.
    • screamingninja 3y ago
      I do not have personal experience and it appears that the f-droid versions have no anti-features, but those comments at Play store were specifically talking about their data being held hostage.