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> See Tweetie 2, for an example What's the example, exactly? Genuinely curious. I upgraded to Tweetie 2 as soon as it came out. My impression was that it was v
by msbarnett 15y ago
> See Tweetie 2, for an example
What's the example, exactly? Genuinely curious. I upgraded to Tweetie 2 as soon as it came out. My impression was that it was very successful right up until Twitter bought Atebits.
- kennywinker 15y agoIt's hard to say how much of that was noise, and what effect it had on sales / success, but there was a lot of hype about the paid upgrade leaving people unhappy. Example headlines (Google "tweetie 2 paid update" for more): "Tweetie 2 Pricing Controversy: An Interview with Tweetie's Creator ..." "Tweetie 2: 'New App' – Will Spit On Existing 'Old App' Users | iSource" "Still won't pay for Tweetie 2 upgrade? Try these Twitter apps ..." "Tweetie pricing fuss highlights App Store flaw | Macworld"
- msbarnett 15y agoFair enough. I'm not sure a mechanism for having paid upgrades under the same name as the original app would have avoided any of those headlines, though.
- fpgeek 15y agoYou don't? If people had complained about being charged a reasonable, discounted upgrade price for Tweetie 2, they'd have been laughed at. That has been a common model for software upgrades for as long as I remember (and quite probably longer than I have been alive).
- msbarnett 15y agoPeople always complain about being asked to pay to upgrade. If they don't get a discount, they complain about that. If they do get a discount, they complain that the upgrade "should have" been a free minor version bump instead. In my experience, at least, it's more or less just a pathological behaviour that you can't escape.
- atebits 15y agoThe publicity only seemed to help. Tweetie 2 hit #1 Top Grossing on the App Store 24 hours after launch.