Re: Mac App Store paid upgrades and app settings
Re: Mac App Store paid upgrades and app settings
- Subject: Re: Mac App Store paid upgrades and app settings
- From: Martin Wierschin <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2018 13:40:35 -0700
> So does this mean that the new Mac App Store will allow for upgrade payments
> or recurring payments?
You never know. It’s always possible there are MAS enhancements coming to help
facilitate paid updates. Or maybe more permissible guidelines from Apple
regarding subscriptions. But I won’t be holding my breath.
There’s probably ugly workarounds you can do using in-app purchases, to
transform a purchased app into a new version via an IAP, but that would be
quite contrived and burdensome to implement. Developers are already using IAPs
for similar purposes, like free limited-time demos, but that's also not exactly
what I’d call a perfect solution for these kinds of needs.
Well, I was hoping I had missed some nice automatic way to import a sandbox
container from a prior version of my app, but I suppose there isn’t. I’ll
probably just have to bother the user with an alert and folder selection dialog.
~Martin Wierschin
> On Aug 13, 2018, at 1:08 PM, Richard Charles <email@hidden> wrote:
>
>
>> On Aug 13, 2018, at 10:17 AM, Martin Wierschin <email@hidden> wrote:
>>
>> The new version is to be a paid upgrade, which I know the MAS doesn't really
>> support.
>
> It has been reported that Microsoft Office 365 and Adobe Lightroom are coming
> to the new Mac App Store. Those apps surely are not single time payment apps.
> So does this mean that the new Mac App Store will allow for upgrade payments
> or recurring payments? Perhaps Apple, Microsoft and Adobe know the answer to
> that question but are not telling anyone.
>
> --Richard Charles
>
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