Twitterrific 6 Launches on iPhone and iPad With Autoplay Videos in Timeline, GIPHY Integration, and Much More

[Objectivist-C]

I find it funny that the developers of Twitterific is in full damage control mode. They say that they won't be able to notify users of Twitterific 5 to update, so they forced the update.

lol

OmniGroup seems to manage just fine with equally pricy apps.

 

[haruhiko]

They have already admitted that they are this nasty. They are saying that the new "forever" payment is only for Twiterrific 6... So they can be forcing you to pay up again next week or next year.

Lifetime upgrade.... For the life of a mosquito.

I'm very interested if this is permitted in consumer law.
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The official Twitter app is that bad. Even crippling the third-party apps won't get people to use it lol. It's just so annoying.

I personally use tweetbot because I enjoy a nice clean chronological timeline with just tweets from accounts I follow and no annoying ads or "things I may have missed" getting thrown in. I'll sacrifice notifications or whatever else they got rid of for that.

Actually I found the option to have a chronological timeline in the official app.
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HOLY CRAP, what a jerk move from the developer.

I understand developers need to get paid, but the Tweetbot dev did things a LOT better.

Lots of people paid for Tweetbot 2. When the developer wanted to release a new app, he released a NEW app. Those that bought Tweetbot 2 got to keep it. Those that wanted to buy the new Tweetbot 3 to get new features could, and it supported the developer.
With Tweetbot 4, the developer again made a new app. Those that wanted to keep Tweetbot 3 (or 2), could, and those that wanted to pay for Tweetbot 4 to support the developer, could.

Also, using Apple's "App Bundle" feature, anyone that bought Tweetbot 3 could then get a discount when buying Tweetbot 4.

THAT is a good upgrade plan. People can decide to keep their old apps. People can decide to buy new apps. Developers get paid for work. Everyone wins.

But the Twitterrific developer?

Lots of people paid for Twitterrific 5. The developer then destroys Twitterrific 5 by overwriting it with a different app, preventing people from keeping the app they paid for or even downloading it any more, invalidates ALL previous "lifetime" payments (but keeps the money), and then requests that you pay again for another "lifetime" license to get back the features (that you already paid for).

How could anyone trust him?

He could easily release Twitterrific "7" next year and charge people again for yet another "lifetime" license. He's already shown that he can't be trusted and doesn't give a crap about users.

What about those that prefer Twitterrific 5 and wanted to keep it? I paid for it, and it's gone. I can't download it, ever again. It's not available in the App Store. It's not available in my Purchased Apps. If I manage to find an old IPA of it in a backup (from before iTunes stopped working with apps), it will be so old that it might not work without an update, and updating it will just delete it and replace it with Twitterrific 6 again.
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Available... Where?

It's not listed under the developer's apps. It's not listed under my Purchased Apps.

Twitterrific 5 is gone. Reduced to atoms.

Well said. They screwed up, and instead of correcting their mistakes, they tried to have bloggers to write good articles about it while conveniently hiding or downplaying this dishonest act.

 

[drumcat]

Twitterific wrote me back and said they changed the wording for 6.01.

 

[nburwell]

I'm pretty disappointed with the developers in moving Twitterrific to a subscription model. And $30 IAP is just absolutely ridiculous. I'm a die hard Tweetbot user, but I have used Twitterrific in the past. I really liked the app, but just overall preferred Tweetbot.

I do hope that the developers get backlash from their customers regarding this new subscription model.

 

[maverick28]

My Tip Jar was converted to a monthly subscription plan (of course, I had bought the app for €5.49). I genuinely wanted to help the developer to keep maintaining and improving so I voluntarily signed up. Not before I learned about their new business model, i.e., that I became a subscriber rather than an owner of a lifetime license with the absurd option to remove the potential annoyance of advertisement only by purchasing a staggeringly pricey "lifetime license" (€33 - even more than $30 which is unacceptable for a Twitter client - this is a Twitter client, not some multimedia, image/video manipulation program!), did I decide to switch to Tweetbot, although I loved Twitterrific's interface from the get-go and bought the desktop version. I found Tweetbot a lot more capable, still, I'm longing for some niceties of the Twitterrific's UI. As soon as Tweetbot keeps holding onto their current business model I will gladly support Tapbots by dropping tips to them but not plummeting up an unreasonable amount of money for an app the conception of which doesn't define productivity or creativity.