thejadedmonkey
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Don't forget Apple will get a 30% increase in the price increases too.
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Apple Introduces App Store Monthly Subscriptions With 12-Month Commitment
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WarmWinterHat
macrumors 604
You sign up for a year, but you pay monthly. It's a contract.
tkermit
macrumors 68040
Guess I'm becoming a luddite, but I've basically stopped using the App Store at all. I'd be fine with just the default apps at this point. Chances are, you're paying for some vibe coded slop that actually provides negative value instead of enriching your life.
mblm85
macrumors 6502
But I'm already setting up a GoFundMe donations page for Apple to afford higher RAM prices! 😩
WarmWinterHat
macrumors 604
You can call me one too. I haven't actually purchased anything on the App Store, subscription or otherwise, in almost two years. Only apps I've downloaded have been free. It's about as organized and curated as a neighborhood yard sale, so finding anything novel or interesting just sucks.
jeremyw013
macrumors member
if developers can get away with raising the annual price in plain sight, then they would just as easily get away with raising the price without introducing this subscription option. so there's no difference. y'all love to lose your minds over everything apple does and find some way to make it bad.
The best thing is, you don’t have to subscribe to anything, but maybe others would want to
ProbablyDylan
macrumors 68040
New and innovative ways to convince users to part with their hard-earned money.
DaneLA
macrumors member
Call me old or old fashioned, but I miss the days of buying software and it working for as long as I wanted to use it in the state I bought it at. Now I seems even the smallest features and tasks each has its own app with a subscription. It’s not just the money anymore, most apps aren’t worth the time managing them.
Outrage is what many live for. It feels good and is empowering.
contacos
macrumors 603
So like an annual plan but you don't pay it all at once. I guess it makes sense for people with a small income, otherwise I rather pay something once a year and be done with it.
It's adding more subscription *payments* that need to be settled each month, with the added annoyance of having to pay for a year, even if you choose to cancel early.
Rafagon
macrumors 65816
No one should really be surprised by this move. Apple wants to monetize everything!
People can complain all they want but it’s making them money and that’s not going to stop
Honestly preferred the "pay for a full year" option. Even though it's not actually much different in theory, there's something about the idea of being forced into monthly subscription contract that is very unappealing.
Kriss_De_Valnor
macrumors member
And that's why Adobe lost me. I switched from Lightroom to DXO PhotoLab years ago and I'm not missing LR. Currently I'm looking for an alternative to Topaz software because last year they switched to subscriptions too.
Rogifan
macrumors Penryn
I’m surprised this didn’t already exist. Are they ever going to offer upgrade pricing?
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If you choose that option, it sounds like you are indeed entering a contract where you are forced to pay something monthly. It's nice to have options, but I personally don't want to get into contracts like that with apps.
dwaite
macrumors 65816
Before, it would have been $10 a month or $100 annually today. Now it is $10 a month or $100 billed as $8.33 a month with a 12 month commitment. You pay either $10 or $8.33 today.
No. It's adding that as an OPTION. Previously subscriptions were monthly with some offering a single payment for a year. This option ADDED to those lets you do the same yearly subscription (which gives a small savings per year over monthly) but lets you pay it off in monthly installments.
Not necessarily because most likely you can cancel the 12 month commitment and then the app stops working at the end of that month. Also it's up to the developer if they want to offer a 12 month commitment or not.