TRANSCRIPT FOR EP 395
Welcome to the show I am your host Rob and this is the Today in iOS podcast - First up I want to thank STEVE for sending in the music you hear in the background. STEVE wrote:
Hi Rob,
Here's a piece of music recorded, mixed & exported using:
MultiTrack DAW from Harmonicdog and Voice Record Pro 7 from Dayana Networks LTD
I recorded this using 5 tracks of acoustic instruments and mixing down with audio FX on Voice Record Pro 7 (a.k.a. VRP 7) and Multitrack DAW apps all on the iPhone 6S+ using the built-in mic and cheap ear buds for monitoring.
Voice Record Pro is an awesome little audio recorder which does a lot for audio recording, including many export & save options.
Highly recommended.
If people like my music, they can go to my webpage ValesTales.com for more information and content from me, including my blog & upcoming podcast (stay tuned).
Thanks, Rob for all your great work on this podcast and for Podcasting in general.
Regards,
Rabbi Steve
aka Stephen Vale
SONG_Tribal_Folk_Tune
Thanks STEVE for the music and folks I will put the full song at the end of the episode. I also want to thank MARK for sending in the Artwork for today's show. MARK wrote the following:
Hi Rob
I shot this with the camera app on my old iPhone 4 at sunset near JFK and added the text with the app Fontgraphy.
Thank for the podcasts. I've been listening since I got my first generation iPhone in the fall of 2008.
Regards,
Mark R
Thanks MARK, for sending in this artwork and folks you can see MARK'S artwork in the FREE Tii App via the BONUS button for ep 395 - or at instagram.com/todayinios and also as a stand alone post in the VIP section and at Facebook.com/todayinios.
If you have some artwork and or music you have created on your iOS device that you would like to share with the audience please email it to me at today in iOS at gmail dot com and please make sure to include which app or apps you used to create said artwork and or music.
AND I am down to just two songs in my queue - so if you have some music created on an iOS device - please please please send it in.
03:00
In this segment of how wrong were they we have the following quote quote
““The Palm Pre Will Be an iPhone Killer”
Ross Catanzariti, PC World, 2 Apr 2009
So Analists and Technorati and Traditional Press all thought the PalmPre was an iPhone killer. Well you can’t say Apple is not a unifier - Just Sayin.
03:26
For Promo codes - On Ep 394 we offered up chances to win promo codes for The App - THE KING OF TRIADS If you are interested in this app or want more info go back and listen to the beginning of Ep 394
No promo codes this week - If you are a dev or iBook author - shame on you for not sending in your promo codes.
A QUICK REMINDER if you are an App developer or an iBook Author email me if you want your app or iBook featured in the promo give away segment FOR FREE We Just need the 5 promo codes or more to give away. simply email me at today in ios @ gmail.com and please include a 60 sec or less audio review of your app or iBook - indicating you are the dev or author. Also when you send in the promo codes - please make sure to let me know when they expire.
04:12
Before we start talking about iOS 10 and all the other things announced - I know some of you - many of you do have dev accounts - and if you are going to install iOS 10 beta 1 - you must - repeat you must download Xcode 8 and have it installed FIRST on your mac. before doing the install of iOS 10 beta 1 - if you don’t you will likely get error 14.
I know about this first hand. I tried installing on my iPad Pro - and it kept giving me that error.
I then went and downloaded Xcode 8 - which is 5.9 GB and tried to install - it and then saw the message saying I needed to be running the latest version of OS TEN - El Capitan
Of course if I or others were patient we would have you know read that big warning on the top of the beta download page - which Apple cleverly worded with the following warning
QUOTE Important: You must have the latest beta version of Xcode 8 installed on your Mac before using a Restore Image to install iOS or tvOS beta software on a device. UNQUOTE
Rob - just slow down and breathe. So I can’t report first hand yet on this - as I need get this episode out before updating my Mac. Something for this weekend - maybe.
Ok - and now to WWDC 2016 recap and highlight.
05:44
To start with Tim came on stage in a very serious and somber note and talked about the mass killings in Orlando from the weekend and asked for a moment of silence. I will add my thoughts and prayers go out to all those that were killed and injured and their families.
After the moment of silence Tim went in to some highlights of WWDC.
There are over 5,000 Attendees and over 72% of the attendees are first timers. I am not sure that is as positive a thing as Tim made it out to be. There are many old time devs that would love to be there - but just can’t.
Attendees came from 74 different countries. The youngest of the attendees was 9 years old.
The App store is now 8 years old - and it started with just 500 apps and today now has over 2 Million Apps. All those apps have been downloaded over 130 Billion times
Tim was shirt Tucked in this time.
8 Minutes in Tim brought up Kevin Lynch - Also Shirt tucked in - and he came on to talk about WatchOS - or more specifically our first Bingo Card hit - he intro’d Watch OS 3 - Shocker.
First thing he highlighted was that it would be much much faster and be able to switch between apps that are active.
The key items he talked about to support the speed up in UI is
1. Keep favorite apps in memory
2. Background updates
3. Refreshed info
4. Instant launch
He showed an app launching on Watch OS 2 - with the typical lag and multiple seconds to launch - then he showed the same app in Watch OS 3 - and it was pretty much instantly launched - VERY VERY VERY NICE.
They added a very cool new feature Scribble - it allows for text entry one character at a time to give custom reply to messages. NICE.
He also introduced Mini Mouse watch face to go with Mickey and a bunch of new faces and they are making it very easy to swipe between different faces so you can update your watch face to meet your mood or activity.
And one I am looking for - Quick start for WorkOuts - so you don’t have to reselect your work out length each time.
There is a new SOS feature - that will allow you to easily call 911 from your Apple watch when connected to your Phone or Wifi. You activate it by pressing and holding the side button - not the crown. And it will count down and let you know it is calling 9 1 1 - it will also work outside the US so for example in Hong Kong - it knows to call 9 9 9.
Once the call is made then your apple watch will display your medical info - so when first responders get to you - your info is available to them.
Jay then came out to go over some more features - he was un-tucked.
He talked about Activity sharing so - you and some friends can share their activity progress and even talk smack with each other.
They added Wheel chair support for the Apple watch for activity tracking and did a lot of work to make sure it works well regardless of how you push on the wheels.
They introduced a Deep Breathing app option where you can track your deep breathing each day. And can now make that one of those things it reminds you to do - like when mine pings me when I have been sitting too long - It tells me to stand up and get a cookie. Now if you have not been breathing deeply recently it will ping you to remind you to breathe. Or at least get up and get a cookie.
At the end of the Watch OS 3 segment - Kevin came back to recap and a couple of the items on the recap slide were very interesting.
The key is that Devs will get much more powerful API’s to use with their apps. Apple Pay for your app if it uses payments. Background functionality for Fitness apps, including real-time heart rate monitoring.
But the one he showed but did not mention - Speaker Audio - so now you could play audio from your speaker on your Apple watch.
Beta of Watch OS 3 is available Today.
The whole Watch OS segment took about 20 minutes.
10:38
The next Segment was for TV OS - Eddy Cue then came on stage to talk Apple TV and TV OS. Untucked by the way.
There is now 1,300 Video Channels on Apple TV - vs 80 channels in Apple TV 3rd gen.
Some of the new Apple TV 4th gen apps / channels include Sling and NBA 2k and more.
But the big update is for the Apple TV Remote App - now the Apple TV Remote App will mirror all the features of the Siri remote. Anything you can do on your Siri Remote - you can now do on the Apple TV remote on your iphone - plus also get the keyboard.
Siri for Apple TV is improved. You can now search movies by Topics. Siri now searched over 650,000 Movies and TV shows.
But you can also ask Siri to search Youtube. Like Search Youtube for french bull dogs riding skateboards
Plus you can also ask siri to show you live TV as well. Such as open Espn 2 - if you have that app installed. You just say watch ESPN 2 - and it will open it right to it. Live Tunein will also work with iPad and iPhones as well via siri.
But the best announcement from Eddy came with the issue we all have - when launching one of the premium channels for the first time - which you need to follow a bunch of steps to authorize the Video channel - via going to your computer and entering an activation code. Not anymore.
Introducing - Single Sign-on. You sign in once - and you get access to all your premium apps. And there is a page that shows all the apps you have access to.
For devs he talked about some new kits available - Replay kit - which allows you to record video of the session for replay later. Photokit to get access to iCloud photo library. Home kit for accessing devices at home. There is now 4 game controller support. Plus Bluetooth accessories tools for Devs.
The Apple TV and TV OS continue to get more valuable.
Beta of course available today for Devs and for everyone else in the Fall.
The Apple TV segment lasted 7 minutes in length - vs 20 minutes for Watch OS - to put them in perspective.
10:38
The next Segment was for TV OS - Eddy Cue then came on stage to talk Apple TV and TV OS. Untucked by the way.
There is now 1,300 Video Channels on Apple TV - vs 80 channels in Apple TV 3rd gen.
Some of the new Apple TV 4th gen apps / channels include Sling and NBA 2k and more.
But the big update is for the Apple TV Remote App - now the Apple TV Remote App will mirror all the features of the Siri remote. Anything you can do on your Siri Remote - you can now do on the Apple TV remote on your iphone - plus also get the keyboard.
Siri for Apple TV is improved. You can now search movies by Topics. Siri now searched over 650,000 Movies and TV shows.
But you can also ask Siri to search Youtube. Like Search Youtube for french bull dogs riding skateboards
Plus you can also ask siri to show you live TV as well. Such as open Espn 2 - if you have that app installed. You just say watch ESPN 2 - and it will open it right to it. Live Tunein will also work with iPad and iPhones as well via siri.
But the best announcement from Eddy came with the issue we all have - when launching one of the premium channels for the first time - which you need to follow a bunch of steps to authorize the Video channel - via going to your computer and entering an activation code. Not anymore.
Introducing - Single Sign-on. You sign in once - and you get access to all your premium apps. And there is a page that shows all the apps you have access to.
For devs he talked about some new kits available - Replay kit - which allows you to record video of the session for replay later. Photokit to get access to iCloud photo library. Home kit for accessing devices at home. There is now 4 game controller support. Plus Bluetooth accessories tools for Devs.
The Apple TV and TV OS continue to get more valuable.
Beta of course available today for Devs and for everyone else in the Fall.
The Apple TV segment lasted 7 minutes in length - vs 20 minutes for Watch OS - to put them in perspective.
13:29
Next up was OS TEN - and Craig Federeguie - Tucked.
First up is the name - and as rumored - OS TEN - is now Mac OS
And this version of Mac OS is fittingly Sierra for this version.
Fittingly because Mac OS now has Siri support.
I will not go over all Mac OS or most Mac OS features - but there are some that allow you to go cross devices.
First up is Auto Unlock - This is nice in that if you have your Apple watch on - and open your mac - it will know you have the Apple watch and will unlock it - no need to enter a password. Which means hey I could now add a password to my Mac Book Pro - which I have never done for when it is asleep - just for when it reboots.
Next up is universal Clipboard - yes you can copy some text on you iPhone and paste right on your mac. Nice
Apple Pay for Mac - you can now use it when buying on line. Now when online there will be a pay with Apple pay button and you will be asked to authenticate the purchase - so you touch on your iphone with touch ID and that is it. Also you can do that with Apple Watch as well for Authentication.
Obviously Merchants first need to add the Apple Pay button and many big names have agreed to do so.
Right now Apple Pay is available in 6 countries. In the next few months it will be coming to Switzerland, France and Hong Kong.
Mac OS Sierra is available today for Developer Beta - and in July for a public beta - and of course in the fall for everyone else.
Requirements are - Late 2009 or later MacBooks and iMacs, 2010 or later Macbook Air, Macbook Pro, Mac Mini and Mac Pro.
Free upgrade of course.
Total segment for Mac OS was 15 Minutes vs 7 Minutes for TV OS and 20 Minutes for Watch OS.
15:44
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Finally there is iOS and the new iOS 10 features - and yes it will be called iOS 10. Craig stayed on stage to talk about this as well.
Not only are iOS and MAC OS coming closer and closer - the same person is the primary presenter.
Craig said it is a “huge release for our devs” and the biggest iOS release ever for users.
And to stay with the iOS 10 - theme - it went over 10 key new features or updates.
First off was User Experience as a whole.
The Lock Screen has been redesigned with rich notifications and quick interactions with Apps - and of course expanded 3D Touch features.
There is now raise to wake. It lets you see you what is on your lock screen - so you just raise the iPhone up and it wakes up and shows you what is on your lock screen. Which is nice when you accidentally unlock it by touching the home button and you miss a notification you had waiting - like the new episode of Tii being available. Many of the new features in the lock screen require 3D touch. But there are some others that are for all - such as pulling up control center - and swiping left to see the controls for audio apps.
You can now get to your Camera app even faster - from the lock screen just swipe to the left and your camera comes right up - no more searching for the Camera icon on the bottom right and trying to pull it high enough to launch the camera - just swipe to the left - and the camera app shows up.
And from the lock screen if you swipe to the right you now get to your widgets.
Once you are unlocked - 3D touch will add new features to stock apps - where you can 3D touch on them to get some previews of activities.
Sorry folks - no locked folders and not locked down apps. So cross of Password protected Apps on the bingo card.
Number 2 on the top 10 list of new iOS updates is - Siri.
Craig said Siri handles 2 Billion requests a week from users - but I wonder what the numbers would be if she got it right the first time for most?
The key thing is Apple is opening up Siri to Devs. Which is great - because it is a box on the Bingo Card. Siri SDK.
Which is nice for example you can tell siri to start a Skype call and even do that via Car play.
Number 3 - Is QuickType - They are adding deep learning to be able to predict what is the next word that should be in the sentence.
And it will recognize the language your are typing in and update automatically.
Number 4 - Is Photos - Face Recognition - done on device. And you can get albums set up for each face. There is also Object and Scene recognition for better searching.
There is better grouping of Photos based on Topics, Locations, People, Trips - they call it memories.
Eddy Cue came back to talk about items 5, 6 and 7.
Number 5 is Maps - because you have to updates to Maps each year.
ALL New design - because yeah that will not cause issues.
It is now easier to see what is around you restaurant wise and even select different types of restaurants.
In Navigation - it now shows you traffic on your route. and you can pan and zoom ahead to see what those traffic conditions are. And you can see food or gas stations near your route. Of course this all carries over to Car Play.
Apple is Opening Maps up to Devs. This means you will have many more features available depending on the Apps you have installed and that connect with Maps in the future.
Number 6 was Apple Music App - All New Design for the app from the ground up.
Number 7 was Apple News - There are now over 2,000 publications in Apple News. There are 60 Million Monthly Active users of Apple News - that is about the same size as the monthly users of Podcasts.
As with Maps and Music - there is an all new design.
For you is now broken up. The sections are Top Stories, Trending, Topics, And then new topics based on what you read. And then featured stories.
And they are introducing Subscriptions - so you can get premium content right inside of News.
And there is breaking news notifications as well.
Craig came back for Number 8. Which is a bingo Card item from WWDC 2015 that did not happen. And that is the Home Kit app called - Home.
Which of course is for managing all your home kit accessories in one app - that is on your home screen. You get to see all your accessories in one place and customized in the layout for you.
And you can also get to Home Kit from control center as well. So makes it easy to quickly and easily get to the Home App to say - see who is at the door.
Additionally it will work with your Apple TV to be secure point of access to your home kit accessories even when not home.
And it also works with the Apple Watch.
Number 9 - Is the updates to the Phone App.
And the biggest one is Voice Mail transcription of calls right in the voicemail message screen.
There is a way to filter out Phone spam.
There is now a VOIP API - which allows those apps to be on your lock screen and in your contacts as the primary way to call.
Number 10 and the biggest update is Messages. Apple claims it is the most frequently used apps. There is now Rich Links - which now shows more than just the link.
When you select the camera it brings up right away what is in front of your camera - and Craig had his best comments here - ripping the folks in Marketing for thinking having a bunch of cute young 20 somethings is something someone would see when they bring up their camera.
They have made emoji’s 3 times bigger in the transcript.
They are adding emoji predictions.
And after you type a message you can have it emojified by having it highlight words where emoji’s would work and you can tap and replace those words with emoji’s. Poor Mignon must be going crazy with these changes.
There are also bubble effects now for your message bubbles.
You can make the message bigger or smaller - you have an option for invisible ink - where the message is private and then you slide across with your finger and it reveals the message.
You can give a thumbs up for a message.
And there is now a hand written message option.
And sketches for messages.
And there are full screen effects.
Obviously these are effects between two iOS devices.
And Apple is opening up the API’s to Devs.
So yes - the box where it had Dev Access to private API’s - yes - check that one - lots of access this time around for many private API’s.
And those are the top 10 updates to iOS 10.
There were a few others mentioned that did not make the top 10 including Notes Collaboration, live Photos Editing, And Split view in Safari for iPad to allow two different Safari Windows open at once - thank you.
Some select others that quickly flashed on the screen but were not talked about include
Read Receipts by conversation in iMessages
Location suggestions in Calendar
Discover on iBooks
Apple Pay also in Mobile Safari
Improved auto Enhance in Photos
New iPad Camera UI
Avoid Tolls in Maps
Mailbox Column
Bed Time Alarm
Sort Favorites in News
Male and Female Siri voices for Russia, Spain and Italy.
Side by Side Mail compose on iPad
Air Quality in Maps for China - surprised The Government in China allowed that one
And finally faster Attachment sending in Messages
And I am sure there are even more that were not talked about or put up on the screen. And I was surprised by the lack of any accessibility features for iOS being talked about or even listed.
And Them Craig - checked off another box for us on the bingo card. Privacy and security. He talked about end to end encryption.
And then talked about differential Privacy - how apple can do machine learning while keeping all persona data secure. quote Great features and Privacy. unquote
Dev Beta available today, Public Beta in July and full release in the fall.
Per devices getting iOS 10 - and to see if you are getting it - first does your device have a 30 pin dock connector? Yes - then you do not get it.
If your device has a lightening port and is an iphone - you are getting iOS 10. If it is an iPod touch - and it is 5th gen - you will not get it. If it has a lightning port and is the original iPad Mini - you are not getting it. All other iPads with Lightening ports will. So really just iPod Touch 5th gen and iPad Mini - 1st gen are the only Lightening port devices not moving up to iOS 10.
The whole iOS 10 section ran 55 Minutes vs 20 Minutes for Watch OS, 15 Minutes for Mac OS and 7 Minutes for TV OS.
Then Tim Cook came back out with one more announcement for Developers. And this is one I am excited about it is Swift Playgrounds for iPads. This is a free App just for iPads and those on iOS 10 only. And the app is designed for kids to help them learn to program in Swift. Of course it is also for adults as well.
I will be talking more about this on future episodes - as I am going to work with my Son on this. But to me - this is probably the biggest news of the event and one that will bring the longest term benefits for Apple and the iOS ecosystem.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
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http://www.phonedog.com/2016/06/13/
ios-10-delete-preinstalled-apple-apps
Lets look at the Bingo Card for a few minutes.
First off the ones that clearly happened.
iOS 10 and Watch OS 3 announced.
Siri Comes to the Mac - twice - seems I had two boxes with that option - ooopps.
Siri SDK
Improved Siri Features
No Hardware at all introduced
Home Kit App
Those are all clearly ones that happened
Then there was the Security - Security - Security box - I think that is a hit.
As is Dev Access to Private API’s - lots more access to stock apps than in the past.
iOS 10 for All lightening devices - nope - did not exactly meet that spec - the iPod touch 5th gen and iPad mini ruined that one.
But Ability to Delete Stock Apps - that was not mentioned in the keynote - but and this is a big but - those already downloading the beta are reporting some key stock apps are available to be deleted.
The Weather App, Mail app, Music App, Notes App, Calendar App, Compass, Clock, Stocks and Reminders are deletable as well. As is the Podcasts App and iBooks according to others. I will go over all those that can and can not be deleted for sure on the next episode.
But it looks like most of the stock apps are deletable and that would mean - a yes for that box. Sadly no bingo this time even with it.
As Apple Pay with iMessages for individual payments did not come to pass.
Other items that were a big no include:
Ability to password protect Folders or apps.
New Macbook
New Apple Watch 2
quote >200 new features for iOS 10 unquote No one said the number of new features.
Customization of Control Center
Siri will be hub for home kit
Select who can get a read receipt in iMessage
Advanced Parental Controls
Multi-user Support for iPads
Apple Pay rewards Program
All those items clearly a no.
Then there was
Control which Apps are default Apps - well maybe a no and I say maybe - as if you delete the mail app and only install a single 3rd party mail app - what happen when you click a link to launch mail? Does that by default make the only mail app the default app. I would imagine so. But we have some testing to do on this to see. Same with Maps app and the other deletable apps.
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http://www.redmondpie.com/apple-
announces-major-app-store-
changes-here-are-the-details/
Prior to the WWDC - Apple via Phil Schiller announced that one of the changes coming to the App store was additional use of Subscriptions and then a modification of subscription split over time. It would be 70/30 split to start - then if a subscriber was still active on that subscription after a year it will go up to a 85/15 split of revenue.
The bigger change however is not the adjustable split - but that subscriptions will be allowed in more places. Originally Apple was very very selective where they would allow for Zombie subscriptions. That is subscriptions that auto renew until the subscriber kills it. Zombie subscriptions are one of the best revenue generators period. Sure you can get someone to make a one time purchase - but if you spend the same effort and get them to subscribe - the revenue increased greatly over time.
Most people are just too lazy to cancel their subscriptions.
Another item coming to the App store - and this one really surprises me - is search ads - in other words for App devs they can not pay for placement for search results. I just don’t see that going well. Apple said they will allow for anyone to participate - but I can’t see how they keep out all but those with deep pockets.
One of the things I always loved about iTunes - regardless of the store section - nothing being featured paid for said feature - it was all earned or at least hand curated and there was no pay for placement. Now that is changing. We shall see what happens. But I guess with 2 Million Apps - it is very very hard to get noticed.
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We are now over 3,000 members in our Google+ community and growing.
Thanks to everyone that has joined and thanks for the great posts.
One new post in the G+ community that went up since the last episode came from STORM GARELLI ON June 8TH who posted the following
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Oh no!
After the Smile Software TextExpander subscription debacle, the subscription disease now spreads to a whole new level.
This will be so bad for us users / purchasers.
OK, we all appreciate that small developers need to have a way to earn a sustainable income to enable them to stay in the game and keep writing better and new apps.
But the example cited in this article really leaves a sour taste in the mouth. They guy is already getting an annual income of $10m and he is now thinking that the new subscription model will enable him to collect 10x that!
People can't afford an ever-increasingly- large number of monthly subscriptions. This change means that buyers like me, who have historically bought loads of apps, will just be more discerning and buy (or subscribe to) much fewer apps.
I think this will work out very badly for Apple's customers, and ultimately most of their devs too.
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To which there were a FEW replies.
Steven Whatley replied
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I have mixed feelings about this. If a US$29.99 app becomes a US$2.99/month app, that might be OK. Yes, in the long run, it will be more expensive to keep using the app (US$36/year). But, if I don't like the app, I can cancel the subscription. So, I'd only be out $3 instead of $30.
Right now, there are WAY TOO MANY dead apps in the App Store.
A subscription model might encourage devs to keep updating and improving their apps to KEEP subscribers thus more money coming in.
Another example, how many VNC apps have you bought? I have bought many. The main reason is the dev stopped supporting it. So, I would see a better and more up-to-date VNC app. Then that dev would stop supporting that app. And, so on and so on and so on
The user also needs protection. So, Apple needs to add another rule. If I subscribe to an app AND there are ZERO updates in 6 months, my subscription becomes FREE until there is an update. If the dev ONLY puts out piddly useless updates to keep the subscriptions going then I well be PO'ed and cancel my subscription.
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Robert Spivak replied
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This could be a really good thing - for both devs and customers. The devil is in the detail. Right now, there is a lot of confusion/discussion over whether a subscription still requires changing content (like a book, magazine, news publication) or services (like an cloud-based storage, processing, or gateway service) or can be "anything" (like providing a steady stream of new features/updates to customers.)
It was publicly announced there will be 200 levels of subscription pricing. That means there might even be YEARLY subscriptions in the $1, $2, and $5 range.
I agree that "share of wallet" will become more important, especially with lots of apps competing for $5/month space in my wallet, but if some simpler utilities/apps only want $1 to $5 per year, I would consider them "impulse buys" much like the current crop of decent low-priced apps.
In terms of the dev mentioned in the article that currently makes $10M a year is drooling over the possibility of making $100M a year... Well, I think that is certainly not the norm and the editor/writer probably make a quick call to someone he knew to get a juicy quote for the article, well.
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Steven Whatley replied:
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I do NOT want to see per month subscriptions that locks you into one year of payments.
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Fernando De Leon replied:
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Apple trying to milk the users more and more geez
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Steven Whatley replied
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+Fernando De Leon, in a way, yes. And, in a way, no. For, the 1st year, yes. After that, the benefits leans toward the devs. not so good for us users cost-wise., though But, hopefully, overall, we will end up with better quality apps and stop this MyApp, MyApp 2, MyApp 3, etc. stuff. And, have fewer dead apps in the App Store.
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VOICEMAIL - Dave_CA_answer_response_for_jeff
44:38
http://get.google.com/motionstills/
Hey Rob,
This app turns your Apple Live Photos into stabilized, looping gifs. Surprised it took so long for someone to make this! Had to be google huh?
http://get.google.com/motionstills/
Regards,
Aric B
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https://assets.documentcloud.org/
documents/2858496/VidAngel.pdf
Hi Rob,
Thought you might find this interesting.
Regards.
Jon.
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Ep 395 - Ask Siri - What time is it? (multiple times after 1:00 AM)
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