The apps are, I am saying about those kind of subs, are they? I checked, and they arent. The way the App Store works, we cant offer a version which has been updated only till you paid for it. We either offer an update or we dont.
Again, you missed the bigger picture? You dont seem to be an audience for Vox. The premium sub is more than a player, it has an unlimited music cloud storage service. The player itself is free. You CAN play lossless files for free, just cant store it on their cloud storage.
You clearly haven't even seen what Vox actually offers for free and sub. Please stop embarrassing yourself? Here is the website for goodness' sakes:
https://vox.rocks
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Let me clear myself better. If software is given as a buy once updates forever, it may eventually run out of a steady stream of new users buying it. Software isnt just make once and it works forever. When iOS or macOS or whatever platform changes, we developers need to update the software even to keep it functional. Case in point, 32 bit apps, a lot of them stopped functioning not because they broke but Apple disallows 32 bit apps from working now on iOS. A developers has to go through the entire app and update it even if it means zero new features for the end user. Got it?
I personally like keeping software work for a long time. Am against the 'dump the thing if it no longer works' mentality. If we can recycle and repair why not? Same mentality makes people dump things even if they are functional but just a bit worn out and could have worked with minor repairs.
I get your point where you would like to be able to own software that you paid for. Well, because of platform updates they will stop working sooner or later. Good luck keeping them and complaining in the void then. (There are people who want free updates for old software, aplenty)
So as developers we try to reach some middle ground, best for everyone cases. Unfortunately we cant keep everyone happy.
So it's either paid updates, updates while you pay, or just pure subs. Neither of which will make everyone happy.
So next is keeping people addicted so they pay for stupid things like extra filters.
Frankly, just look at Vox again? They are offering unlimited music cloud storage (and other things) for just $4.99 a month.
Now you will start thinking of it like a
real service like Dropbox or iCloud? You probably pay more for them to get less storage.