I’m one of those that despise subscriptions in apps, even though Apple tries to push them whenever they can. What I was not expecting is that from their winners’ list, I guess only (ironically) the app Too Good To Go, doesn’t feature that garbage business model.
Feel free to give your bets for next year. I’ll bet on AI subscription based apps 😎
This is not my experience. Most apps I paid once for several years ago are either no longer around or now broken.
That’s because you probably:
I also use Apple devices, but I tend to avoid upgrading the system, unless it’s security patches, since Apple likes to break things without caring for repercussions.
You know that a lot of software made for Windows XP still works in that garbage Win 11 system, out-of-the-box?
Which is bullshit as I have to develop for both platforms, but believe what you want. I give up dealing with users like you. You’re on your own, buddy.
Just because you develop for both platforms using the latest API’s and shiny new IDE’s doesn’t it make it true (even though your ego thinks so).
I can show you Nero 7 (Google it if you don’t know what it is, smartass) running in Win 11 Pro. Also I have old Epson printer which the software (I’m not talking about drivers) never got updated and I still use in Win 10.
So, believe whatever the fuck you want. Just don’t call it bullshit because you don’t know any better. And don’t worry, I’ve dealt with shitty developers like you who think they know it all.
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I cannot wait to get out of IT. I’ve been coding since the early 90s, but every new fucking generation thinks they’re the shit, has opinions their experience can’t back up and decides they’re the only true way.
Typical - can’t respect any other experience in coding other than your own, or any other opinion on how an application should be coded.
I maintain my earlier opinion - you’re such hot shit; go make your own apps and let other devs do what they want. You’re not their audience, so why the fuck do you have to shit on anything when you can’t put up your own work??
This was true a decade ago but now most apps interface with some external server, even if it’s not hosted by the developer. The rest of the world keeps changing even if you don’t; API versions increase with breaking changes or a service your app relies on gets shutdown, and now your app is broken. Not upgrading is a boring solution anyway. Keeping up-to-date with new features is what makes computers fun.