Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!nntp.club.cc.cmu.edu!micro-heart-of-gold.mit.edu!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!panix!not-for-mail From: Bread Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: 1Password 4 is out Date: Sun, 6 Oct 2013 13:49:11 -0700 Organization: lined up neatly Lines: 39 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: reader1.panix.com 1381092553 29227 127.0.0.1 (6 Oct 2013 20:49:13 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@panix.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 6 Oct 2013 20:49:13 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Unison/2.1.10 Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.system:49569 On 2013-10-05 22:15:08 +0000, Alan Browne said: > On 2013.10.05 18:07 , Tom Stiller wrote: > >> Yes. Original purchase in 2009 from Agilebits. Subsequent update to app >> store version (probably on some sort of "deal") in 2011. Continued >> updates from app store since then, including to V4 > > I find this a bit bizarre. > > Agile charge the full price (or specials) on their website; and the > same price (full or special) on the App Store - of which Apple take a > 30% cut. Apple rules. As I understand it, you are not allowed to sell something outside the App Store (or an in-app purchase) for any less than you sell it on the outside. There may be an exception for special upgrades, I guess, since the App store doesn't have any means for working discounted upgrades. > > But when you update by agilebits you have to pay for the update (unless > like me you bought v3 from them in this calendar year); but from Apple > (the channel where they make less money) they update for free. (Their > site directs you there too). Sometimes a new version of an app is free. Sometimes, when the developer releases a new "version" it's actually a whole new app, even though it may have an incremented number in the name. The question re: 1Password is whether it's a new app called "1password 4" or it's version 4 of "1Password". (I bought 1Password previously in a bundle and then, I believe may have done one level of upgrade at some point directly from Agile, and am planning on but haven't yet upgraded to 4 directly with Agile)