Comments on: iPhone Developers’ Thoughts on Change Allowing In-app Purchase in Free Apps

By: patrickj

patrickj — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:10:29 +0000

In reply to Barrie . My pleasure on the article - I really appreciate the time that all these great devs spent on this.

By: Barrie

Barrie — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:06:00 +0000

Thank you for this article. It answers many questions I've had about behind the scenes of the iTunes/app store and current issues. My general benchmark for determining if a paid app is worth getting are the extensive, detailed reviews by users. While I know only that free apps are related to piracy, I have become conditioned to having the affordable priced apps (generally under $3). The iPod is like a trip into the future: it's more advanced than my eMac, and I can take it with me everywhere. It's helping me be creative again. But I would hate to have to pay substantially more for apps than I do now. Partly because the iPod is both an essential tool and my toy.

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By: patrickj

patrickj — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 21:57:37 +0000

In reply to Ryan Wade. Thanks Ryan. It will be interesting to see how this pans out.

By: Ryan Wade

Ryan Wade — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 21:24:31 +0000

Great post, and definitely food for thought.

I've toyed around with implementing this into my existing apps, but I might wait for a bit.

Thanks again for the post,

Ryan