I already paid a one time price for this app a couple of years ago, and now they want more money for the exact same features that I already paid for? Seriously? I hate to be a Karen, but when an app is converted to a subscription, those who paid the one time price before the monetization model change are normally grandfathered in to not having to pay for the subscription and still have access to all of the content that they originally paid for. This has happened on literally every paid app that I bought long ago that went to subscription, except for this one.
Tried to restore my purchase and everything... such a disappointment.
I work in app development and understand the need for in-app purchases and subscription services to cover continued support & development costs, but it is a VERY bad move to force the early adopting one time fee payers into a new subscription model to access the same content that they had already paid for to be permanently unlocked. This is a very bad, unethical business practice.
Shame on me I guess for having automatic updates turned on. Guess I should turn automatic updates off and read every single app update before installing from now on. But shame on the developer for not grandfathering in those who previously paid to permanently unlock the content.
I’ll just go back to Googling conversions for free since having to open my mobile browser is just a minor inconvenience.
Bye 👋