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   > On 05 Nov 2021, Erich Bublitz said the following...   
      
   > 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-u   
   > se 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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   If I find the in app purchase worth the money then I'll pay for the extra   
   stuff.   
      
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