Any app that doesn’t require any backend to function.
If you ask for a subscription for an app without the need to support a backend… I won’t subscribe. I’ll find something else.
Mostly anything else is fine.
Though, if it’s something like a Note-Taking app where the cloud infrastructure for backups and sharing would cost pennies and you’re asking more than $1 a month, I’m out. Looking at you, Evernote. $64 a year to replace the built-in Notes app? No thanks.
“they” is fine to use for any individual or group as a catch-all.
That’s why I never explicitly said it should have both.
I was really excited about Favorites in the Music app… until I learned it’s just replacing “Loved.”
I thought they’d have a third type of system:
Favorites / Suggest More (Love) / Suggest Less
It’s sort of like that now, but it’s:
Favorites (Loved) / Suggest More (Added to Library) / Suggest Less
Oh well!
AI in the terms of Computer Science, of course.
I greatly hope Apple allows us to set the Action Button for: Single tap Double tap Triple tap Long press
And perhaps even custom combinations of taps/presses to allow for greater use.
Limiting us to ONE use from a long press is confusing to me.
It’s cool that people have created shortcuts that can imitate this, but it’s one of those “should be standard” things.
Honey’s whole scheme is selling your data. It tracks everything. I don’t use it.
I use Baking Soda and Vinegar and SponsorBlock and Wipr.
The first two basically fix video players on every site: basic HTML player instead of the bloatware most employ.
SponsorBlock for YouTube to cut down on sponsored segments that YouTubers may play in the middle of a video.
Wipr for my ad blocker. It’s been incredibly solid since I first bought it. Big fan.
That’s true, but it’s also possible to release apps individually on mobile similar to PC releases.
We also currently get the worst of both worlds with stuff like Goodnotes. They had a one-time buy, but currently they’ve injected AI-related nonsense into v6. They allow owners of the previous version to still use v6, but it’s extremely crippled and functionally worse than 4 or 5. Constant nagging about the new version and features. V6 fully replaced v5 on the App Store, so we can’t do anything about it now. Even in my purchase history, my purchase was forcibly “upgraded.”
What I paid for was a digital notebook app that I could write down notes on with my Apple Pencil and iPad. It had a few nice features I didn’t really need, but were nice to have like writing-to-text replacement. It had cloud backups, but they were through iCloud or OneDrive on the user’s individual storage so I’m assuming it didn’t add a monthly cost overhead to the developer.
Now it’s a subscription model app with features I don’t want nor need that completely replaced the app I paid for.