TID: Mystic BBS 1.12 A47   
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   On 05 Nov 2021, Erich Bublitz said the following...   
       
    EB> The app is free to use and download but it contains "in-app purchases".   
    EB> How do you feel about that?   
      
   Make a good app, and I'll happily throw some money your way if I find it   
   useful.  I'm even fine with the pay once to remove ads kind of thing.   
      
   What I don't like is the move to subscriptions where there clearly isn't a   
   need.  A good example of this is an app called Fantastical.  They were a   
   pay-only app (around $7 to buy) and I was happy to give them money for a great   
   app.  What it does is take all of your current calendars and display them in   
   different/helpful ways.  You can add items to your calendar using natural   
   language via text or voice "dentist june 6 @ 10am" and it would add that to   
   the correct day and time.   
      
   Then they decided to go "freemium" and screwed over all of us that paid for   
   the app.  Now anyone can download the app for free and you have to pay $55   
   /year for the app.  $55. per. year.  To display the content already on your   
   own calendar. They're not even hosting your content, just re-displaying my   
   Google calendar!   
      
   Another company (Notability) recently tried to do this and got blasted by all   
   of their users and actually reversed course:   
      
   https://www.iphoneincanada.ca/app-store/notability-reverses-course-existing-use   
   rs-to-get-lifetime-access/   
      
   Fantastical never relented and seemed to enjoy screwing over their customers.   
      
   I updated my rating to 1 star for them, removed the app and now just use the   
   Google calendar and the one built into iPhone.   
      
      
   Jay   
      
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