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> most people (including myself) just cannot find these apps and instead see only subscription ones which seems to be the new trend.

Yes!! The App Store search function is useless. I want affordable paid apps without ads, subscriptions, or IAPs.

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This really kills discovery. Seeing an upfront price without the ability to trial the app really dissuades the user. On top of it, refunds are tedious to obtain and you can do it only so many times.

i cant tell you how many times i could not reactivate an in-app-purchase when getting a new mac; might as well just paid upfront... i think apple really messed up iap by having the dev-side do all the transactions/authentication...

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