Comments on: In App Purchasing Now Available for Free Apps http://www.iphoneincanada.ca/iphone-news/in-app-purchasing-now-available-for-free-apps/ iPhone News and Tips for Canadian iPhone Users Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:35:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: chitai416 http://www.iphoneincanada.ca/iphone-news/in-app-purchasing-now-available-for-free-apps/comment-page-1/#comment-73686 chitai416 Sat, 17 Oct 2009 04:29:57 +0000 http://www.iphoneincanada.ca/?p=12240#comment-73686 I'm not a programer and not fully understand the in app. As a end user of apps, I find lite versions are great because one can try the app before purchasing. Unless a free trial period is part of the new change. Then lite versions are the way to go. I'm not a programer and not fully understand the in app. As a end user of apps, I find lite versions are great because one can try the app before purchasing. Unless a free trial period is part of the new change. Then lite versions are the way to go.

]]> By: chitai416 http://www.iphoneincanada.ca/iphone-news/in-app-purchasing-now-available-for-free-apps/comment-page-1/#comment-56151 chitai416 Fri, 16 Oct 2009 21:29:57 +0000 http://www.iphoneincanada.ca/?p=12240#comment-56151 I'm not a programer and not fully understand the in app. As a end user of apps, I find lite versions are great because one can try the app before purchasing. Unless a free trial period is part of the new change. Then lite versions are the way to go. I'm not a programer and not fully understand the in app. As a end user of apps, I find lite versions are great because one can try the app before purchasing. Unless a free trial period is part of the new change. Then lite versions are the way to go.

]]> By: Dusty http://www.iphoneincanada.ca/iphone-news/in-app-purchasing-now-available-for-free-apps/comment-page-1/#comment-56125 Dusty Thu, 15 Oct 2009 22:04:47 +0000 http://www.iphoneincanada.ca/?p=12240#comment-56125 Free apps are always nice :) Free apps are always nice :)

]]> By: Aslam http://www.iphoneincanada.ca/iphone-news/in-app-purchasing-now-available-for-free-apps/comment-page-1/#comment-56120 Aslam Thu, 15 Oct 2009 21:28:37 +0000 http://www.iphoneincanada.ca/?p=12240#comment-56120 I think this is a stellar idea! The App Store is crowded with lite and non-lite versions of many apps and this feature will clean that up and make it easier to sort through the ever increasing number of apps in the App Store to find the ones you want.<br><br>As for whether free apps should remain free... in my view, this policy change by Apple doesn't affect that. A developer who was going to make a free app and not charge for any features of it can still do so under these new rules. And if they were planning to have a lite version with some features and a paid version with some additional features, now they only need to create one version and make the additional features in-app purchases. <br><br>Really this rule change just simplifies things. So what exactly is the complaint? I don't see any cause for complaint. In fact, I see cause to praise Apple for seeing the writing on the wall and taking appropriate action based upon it. I think this is a stellar idea! The App Store is crowded with lite and non-lite versions of many apps and this feature will clean that up and make it easier to sort through the ever increasing number of apps in the App Store to find the ones you want.

As for whether free apps should remain free… in my view, this policy change by Apple doesn't affect that. A developer who was going to make a free app and not charge for any features of it can still do so under these new rules. And if they were planning to have a lite version with some features and a paid version with some additional features, now they only need to create one version and make the additional features in-app purchases.

Really this rule change just simplifies things. So what exactly is the complaint? I don't see any cause for complaint. In fact, I see cause to praise Apple for seeing the writing on the wall and taking appropriate action based upon it.

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