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@dancounsell I’m working on a draft, but: what about the Apple/game route? Lower the per-app price, no upgrades, each version is separate.

@chartier we’ve seen that that doesn’t work. Developers loose out big time, you’re essentially starting again on the store. No reviews, etc.

@dancounsell Seems to work for games. But they also do marketing blitzes that I think a lot of indies just aren’t aware of/used to.

@chartier Games and Apps are different. Users are happy to pay for Game 2.0 But not App 2.0 - You know this…

@dancounsell I’ve seen it, but I don’t think we’ve exhausted our options for trying it. Lot to play with here.

@dancounsell unfortunately, I don't think paid upgrades will ever happen - IMO, trials are even more important (not happening, either).

.@milend @dancounsell if only you could get @taylorswift13 on board? she might be able to convince them....

@noelchenier @milend Who is the Taylor Swift of the Developer world?

@dancounsell @noelchenier A collection of the top indie developers (@realmacsoftware, @OmniGroup, @panic, @flexibits etc etc).

@milend I think something tectonic will have to happen before we see noticeable positive policy changes. // @dancounsell @noelchenier

@siegel @milend @noelchenier If we band together and make enough noise, I think we can get Apple support us. I have hope.

@dancounsell @milend @noelchenier I don't think it's so much about banding together. The voices are being heard, it's a q'n of priorities.

@dancounsell Have a built-in alert/messaging mechanism to tell existing users about the new version and send them to the store.

@chartier Same problem as before. Also, user may not have the app installed or is using it anymore.

@dancounsell So for an example: Most folks probably wouldn’t pay $50 each for Ember 3, 4, 5. But $25 or $30? I wonder.

@chartier but the developer gets punished for releasing a new apps. Plus Sandboxing issues. New SKU each time is not an option.

@dancounsell This is so utterly frustrating. I really want to find a solution, I wish @pschiller or @cue would at least say something.