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Apple needs to move the "standard price" from 0.99 one time download -> 0.99 per year

Delete app to unsubscribe

Remove 0.99 one time pricing

$5.00 minimum one time download price

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Apple and Android should instead take a Valve/Steam like approach and create a good community around the store that includes curators, flash sales etc.

The last thing we need is little apps you never use nibbling away at your bank account.

Uninstalling things you use on extremely rare occasions is ridiculous. If I play something I want to keep the high score, etc. even if I never really use it. I'm not paying for that privilege.

So nobody would pay?

People that download games from the AppStore are kids that don't have a credit card, so subscriptions are not even an option.

That is unaffordable to most consumers in the world. You will end up limiting urself to a market of few rich communities in rich countries.

that is not true. again, we aren't talking about a coursera course and paywalling information and vital self-learning here. We are talking about a dollar for a luxury game on a device that costs nearly $1000 and $100 a month for service. This is leaving aside that the economics of $4-5 a game would be better than a free game that is unwinnable unless you spend > $10.

I believe the parent, and if not then certainly I, am talking about games that are subsciption based and promote full releases that get upgrades and create community. not a 0.99 clone. this market is largely rich communities anyway if you use the world income scale, but we aren't using that scale, we are talking about iphone owners with discretionary income already willing to spend 1-30 a year on games...

> a device that costs nearly $1000 and $100 a month for service

If you're going to make a fiscal argument then don't exaggerate your numbers by 60-120%.

They start at $400 and top out at $750.

If you pay $100/month for service that's your own fault, I don't know anybody paying over $60/month.

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