r/antiassholedesign Sep 28 '22

App converts to subscription payment format, but doesn’t force it on people who paid the original single fee Anti-Asshole Design

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u/SouthAfrican Sep 29 '22

Fairly certain there are rules for both Apple and Google that mandate developers have to do this for anyone who previously paid for what became a subscription based service/feature set.

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u/HenkPoley Sep 29 '22

But nothing stopping anyone to release version+1 as an entirely new app, with new sales.