nsane.forums Posted March 4, 2010 Share Posted March 4, 2010 An unexpected dialog box in iTunes may be a sign that Apple will soon allow developers to offer upgrade pricing for iPhone apps. Developer Fraser Speirs was warned that the "discounted price is only available to customers who own a previous version" of an item when he tried updating all his apps via iTunes.Developers of desktop software typically offer a discount to users who have paid for a previous version of software when they upgrade to the next major release. On the iPhone, minor updates to apps are free to all users, but there is no mechanism in the App Store to offer current users upgrade pricing on new major version releases.Some developers have gotten around this limitation by developing a new version and naming it with the major version number—think Rolando 2 or Tweetie 2. However, if users want that version, they have to pay full price. There's no way to offer someone who bought the original versions of Rolando or Tweetie a discount. Many users balked when Tweetie 2 was a full-price paid upgrade, though the improvements were generally compelling enough to justify the cost.The dialog box that Speirs encountered could have been an error since he was updating apps he already purchased. Still, it appears to be a sign Apple is testing the capability to offer discounts to buyers of previous versions of apps. Both developers and users have been asking for such a capability since the App Store launched in 2008. View: Original Article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marshall39 Posted March 4, 2010 Share Posted March 4, 2010 If they do that,make sure they'll loose a lot of customers,including me.Even if my Iphone is jailbroken,sometimes I pay for applications(OK those which cannot get cracked but anyway :P ),and I really start to be pissed off by Apple way to do things.Non jailbroken Iphone is finally very basic,it is all locked,and devellopers can't do what they want without asking Apple approbation. :angry: It is already a big pain in the ass that you have to use this crappy Itunes to activate it the day you buy it ,then one day they remove porn from the app store for stupid reasons,the day after you have to pay to upgrade,what's next?My next phone will be an Android one,and as soon my Ipod dies I switch to Cowon and bye bye apple :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myidisbb Posted March 5, 2010 Share Posted March 5, 2010 here is the problem.if i plaid for an app then kupgrade my iphone then all the apps that i have paid for i should be able to transfer for freaken !@#$%^ free. oh wait. i dont have a iphone because i was smart to not get one. and i would never pay for an app anyway even if i had that kind of phone. just one big scam. thank god with software i can legal transfer (install) it on a new computer. two companies i hate, apple and sony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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