@ryuworks @[email protected] IceCubes is good so if you’re happy, you’re happy. But you do realize that “paying for a new version once a year” isn’t possible on the App Store unless it’s a subscription, right?

@gruber @[email protected] maybe not every year, but apps like Reeder release new versions every now and then, on a regular basis. Tweetbot too, until version 6. There are some of us who prefer this monetisation method over subscriptions for apps.

@ryuworks @gruber @[email protected] as far as I can tell, it's a major hassle for the devs, a medium hassle for the users, and it leaves the App Store littered with old app versions. Really not scalable at all.

@glaurent @gruber @[email protected] Not sure if it’s really a hassle for users. The hassle of calling Apple for refunds after realising you have forgotten to cancel a subscription is probably bigger. And old versions of apps can be taken off so they won’t be “littering” the App Store. Devs know that they will alienate a sizable portion of their users once they go subscription, that is probably why they price subs high enough to cover their potential losses.

@ryuworks @glaurent @[email protected] It is an enormous hassle and *very* confusing to most users. The uptake even from users who *want* to get the new version and are willing to pay for it is low, because the App Store just isn’t set up to handle it.