[Edit: Based on new information from reader feedback, this may simply be a dialogue related to pirated apps, though I still find the part about “discounted price” curious.]
All I have is this screenshot from @digeratii (RT’ed by @stroughtonsmith) and although I can’t absolutely guarantee its authenticity, I see no major reason anyone to just make this stuff up. If the above screenshot is real, we might see paid app upgrades very soon (if they haven’t been implemented already).
This seems to me like a fair move for developers (as long as prices aren’t jacked way up) and a welcome change from the recent trend towards in-app purchases (which are both confusing and unwieldy), but I do hope that Apple makes a big deal about announcing this possible change. We’ve had two years of free app upgrades and pulling a switch-a-roo on every iPhone user through a tiny dialogue box just doesn’t seem like the right way to go about announcing a new system.
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