Upgrades in the Mac App Store
Last week I joined the MAS crusade. Over the weekend I have tried to imagine what such a redesign would entail. Let’s suppose somebody tasks you with implementing payed upgrades in the Mac App Store. What would you do? So far I have come up with the following list of edge cases: Customer bought version 1.1 back in the day. Newest version is 1.7. Can the customer upgrade? If no, who picks the exact words to tell him/her?
Sandbox is bad sandbox is good
I love the Mac App Store, I hate the Mac App Store. The review system makes me angry, the review system makes my machines safer. I am a developer, I am a user, I am thorn. You might have read a lot of posts about how it’s hard to make a living in the App Store. The most common reasons are the usual ones: no paid upgrades long review times inconsistent rules no access to customers emails As a developer I perceive all these as obstacles to my business.