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SpaceGremlin (mac alternative to WinDirStat) has a similar thing, where some features only work in the independent "SpaceGremlinPro" version downloaded from the

SpaceGremlin (mac alternative to WinDirStat) has a similar thing, where some features only work in the independent "SpaceGremlinPro" version downloaded from their site. However, they do some cool stuff with licensing - you can point it to the app store paid/installed version, and it detects the license and unlocks. If you're worried about people not trusting payment to you, might be worth seeing if you could implement this, so anyone who bought on the app store can still access the full feature set. Cuts you out 30% like, but better than nothing maybe.

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esperent 4mo ago
Sounds like something that would instantly get you banned from the app store if it got noticed.
- lapcat 4mo ago
  No, it isn't. A number of developers have done this.
  - ryandrake 4mo ago
    Good thing Apple is well-known for consistently and fairly applying its own App Store rules across multiple, similar apps...
    - lapcat 4mo ago
      You're missing the point. We know that countless developers, including the author of the blog post, have received App Store rejections of submissions. On the other hand, to my knowledge, exactly zero developers have ever been banned from the App Store for doing what the commenter claimed would instantly get you banned.
LoganDark 4mo ago
Space Gremlin isn't even available on the App Store anymore, presumably because it hasn't been updated to newer versions of macOS. Meanwhile, GrandPerspective is free and uses the exact same visualization as WinDirStat (although the UX is a bit weird for me)
jchw 4mo ago
There is something amusing about the fact that WinDirStat, as far as I know, was based on KDirStat (now QDirStat), yet this doesn't even get mentioned on their Wikipedia page, and by and large a lot of people don't even know QDirStat exists. One time someone even asked me if they knew of a good alternative for Linux; good news!
- squigz 4mo ago
  It is actually mentioned on the Wikipedia page [1] - and of course, you could add it yourself if that's not enough. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WinDirStat#Version_history[10] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WinDirStat#Version_history[10]
  - analog8374 4mo ago
    Everything I ever added to Wikipedia was removed, within the day, by a very diligent and hard-working Wikipedia person.
    - realitylabs 4mo ago
      Same. My experience with the “concept” of Wikipedia was very high until I had the “direct experience” of Wikipedia, and I realized that the encyclopedia of the commons may not have planned for me to be in the commons.
    - squigz 4mo ago
      Everything I've ever added was kept.
      - chris_wot 4mo ago
        Good for you I guess. Everything I ever added was kept, and I was permanently banned. I created [ciation needed], started the admins noticeboard, reworked the USA Patriot Act article, wrote numerous articles for WiR with extensive referencing, contributed to peer review and good article reviews, and a shitload more, but nope. Not good enough. Why anyone would contribute to that cesspool is anyone’s guess.
BrtByte 4mo ago
Interesting idea. It would basically turn the App Store version into both a discoverability channel and a license anchor for the direct version
- thisislife2 4mo ago
  Offer a "trial" version on App Store, and ask them to download the "pro" version and buy the license directly from you. (Offer a "30%" discount and point out that's the "Apple Tax" savings they get for not paying through the App Store).
SV_BubbleTime 4mo ago
Isn’t it like 15% up to the first or second million in sales?
saghm 4mo ago
> If you're worried about people not trusting payment to you, might be worth seeing if you could implement this, so anyone who bought on the app store can still access the full feature set. Cuts you out 30% like, but better than nothing maybe. In other words, Apple is abusing their position by defining overly broad permissions so that they can deny them and pressure people to fork over more cash to them.

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esperent 4mo ago

Sounds like something that would instantly get you banned from the app store if it got noticed.

lapcat 4mo ago
No, it isn't. A number of developers have done this.
- ryandrake 4mo ago
  Good thing Apple is well-known for consistently and fairly applying its own App Store rules across multiple, similar apps...
  - lapcat 4mo ago
    You're missing the point. We know that countless developers, including the author of the blog post, have received App Store rejections of submissions. On the other hand, to my knowledge, exactly zero developers have ever been banned from the App Store for doing what the commenter claimed would instantly get you banned.

LoganDark 4mo ago

Space Gremlin isn't even available on the App Store anymore, presumably because it hasn't been updated to newer versions of macOS. Meanwhile, GrandPerspective is free and uses the exact same visualization as WinDirStat (although the UX is a bit weird for me)

jchw 4mo ago

There is something amusing about the fact that WinDirStat, as far as I know, was based on KDirStat (now QDirStat), yet this doesn't even get mentioned on their Wikipedia page, and by and large a lot of people don't even know QDirStat exists. One time someone even asked me if they knew of a good alternative for Linux; good news!

squigz 4mo ago
It is actually mentioned on the Wikipedia page [1] - and of course, you could add it yourself if that's not enough. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WinDirStat#Version_history[10] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WinDirStat#Version_history[10]
- analog8374 4mo ago
  Everything I ever added to Wikipedia was removed, within the day, by a very diligent and hard-working Wikipedia person.
  - realitylabs 4mo ago
    Same. My experience with the “concept” of Wikipedia was very high until I had the “direct experience” of Wikipedia, and I realized that the encyclopedia of the commons may not have planned for me to be in the commons.
  - squigz 4mo ago
    Everything I've ever added was kept.
    - chris_wot 4mo ago
      Good for you I guess. Everything I ever added was kept, and I was permanently banned. I created [ciation needed], started the admins noticeboard, reworked the USA Patriot Act article, wrote numerous articles for WiR with extensive referencing, contributed to peer review and good article reviews, and a shitload more, but nope. Not good enough. Why anyone would contribute to that cesspool is anyone’s guess.

BrtByte 4mo ago

Interesting idea. It would basically turn the App Store version into both a discoverability channel and a license anchor for the direct version

thisislife2 4mo ago
Offer a "trial" version on App Store, and ask them to download the "pro" version and buy the license directly from you. (Offer a "30%" discount and point out that's the "Apple Tax" savings they get for not paying through the App Store).

SV_BubbleTime 4mo ago

Isn’t it like 15% up to the first or second million in sales?

saghm 4mo ago

> If you're worried about people not trusting payment to you, might be worth seeing if you could implement this, so anyone who bought on the app store can still access the full feature set. Cuts you out 30% like, but better than nothing maybe. In other words, Apple is abusing their position by defining overly broad permissions so that they can deny them and pressure people to fork over more cash to them.