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@paul Any chance you could offer conversions of subscriptions of one app into something equivalent for another? Added clarification, after seeing some of the responses: Like others, I am not interested in it for myself. My curiosity is/was whether it was is something that Tapbots might be able to offer to unhappy customers that get renewed for what is now a non-functional bit of software. 40 comments
  @MikeBeas tried that, does not work. When my code sent the very first "write to twitter" command some kind of automated thing switched my dev account from write access to read only access  @rickfillion we've got problems either way, at least this way it'd get some people who are mid-sub something out of it.  @paul Honestly after the weekend youāve gone through, Iād be fine with you double dipping on a year of Tweetbot and a year of Ivory. Yāall were done dirty. @paul what about ripping out code and publishing an update with the sole purpose of migrating the sub? I hope youād find some support within Apple for this @paul app review typically approves the āshutdownā app update. If you donāt want to do that, maybe you can have you backend to return a different, not suspended API key for 17.0.0.0/8 to have a functioning app for review š @khaost I'm 100% not pushing my luck with App Review. Once we have a real answer from Twitter I'll probably try to get a hold of someone at Apple and have an actual talk about what they'll allow us to do. @paul @jochie I know that some app creators worked around the App Store's inability to offer reduced-rate upgrades by selling a bundle of the old and new apps together -- because the App Store apparently *does* (or did) allow reduced bundle prices if the buyer already owns one app in the bundle. If TB and Ivory were one-time purchases, you could bundle them together to provide a cheaper migration path for TB users. But I don't know if or how that would work with subscriptions.  @paul Paul, is there any way to allow users of tweetbot input their own API keys, as one last ditch effort to update the app? @paul @jochie I wouldnāt presume to speak for everyone, but Iāll speak for me. My sub for #TweetBot renewed on January 2. If those funds help keep you all going through this while you develop the next big thing with @ivory, Iām happy to let you keep it regardless. Iāll still subscribe to #Ivory when itās official and do so without a hint of hesitation or regret. Thanks for all you do. It sucks that youāre being treated like this, but youāve earned the support of the community you helped build. @benlovell @paul @jochie @ivory I 100% agree with Ben. My TB sub renewed at Xmas and it's roughly the price of a beer - I'm not going to expect that sub to move to a different product on a different platform for something that isn't even Tapbots fault. @bazscott @benlovell @paul @jochie @ivory Same here. My #tweetbot sub is due for renewal on 2 Feb and in the circumstances Iāll happily let it renew it regardless of whether it continues to work or not, and will pay for Ivory as soon as itās available Seems the least I can do in support after a decade of happy app use @C0NQUIST4D0R @bazscott @benlovell @paul @jochie @ivory In for a penny, in for a pound. Iāve also got a subscription renewing on 2-Feb, and Iām not canceling anything. Iām just glad Ivory got started earlier and is as far along as it is. @bazscott @benlovell @paul @jochie @ivory Same. I recently had my annual subscription renewed and Iām not expecting anything back as over the years Iāve gotten a lot of value from TweetBot. And Iām happily planning to purchasing a sub for Ivory when available. @teddlandgraf @bazscott @benlovell @paul @jochie @ivory Same here. Subscription renews on 3rd Feb, and even if not sorted by then donāt begrudge that as a holding payment until Ivory is available. Have just moved Tweetbot off Home Screen and replaced with Mastadon for now. @paul @jochie Iām a long time Tweetbot subscriber looking forward to switching to Ivory, and I donāt see it as necessary. The prices of the apps are so low compared to the value and enjoyment they provide me, that I seriously donāt really care about saving a few Euros. Happy to pay full. What would be nice is just some acknowledgement in Ivory if possible. āWelcome, Tweetbot userā š @paul @jochie This is a small, but still significant, reason why 1Password shifted to subscriptions. App stores made it very hard to do "upgrade pricing" or to offer cross-platform bundles. We wanted 1Password customers to have the latest versions on whatever mix of platforms they use. I understand and agree with Apple's privacy decisions here. But it is a good decision with some unpleasant consequences. @paul You might as well replace Tweetbot on the App Store with the @ivory beta, there's no reason you need to lose your install base. (You'd probably have to turn subs off for a month or two so people don't complain about paying for something they didn't ask. You lose the anniversary renewals in both cases, but that way keep a higher number of users.) |
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@jochie I'd actually like to do this, feels like a reasonable compromise. The problem is that I don't think I have a way to read the TB sub in Ivory. I thought I had code in place that would copy the App Store receipt to a directory that would be readable by our other apps. But apparently only had that in place for TB5.
It's only a few lines of code to do it, but not like I can get an app that doesn't function through App Store review.