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Mac App Store and software purchases
1/1: Which of the following best describes your behavior?
Other polls | 2,334 votes | 11 comments
Mac App Store and software purchases
More and more apps in the apps store are require Lion or 64 bit processors, even for things that clearly don't require them. Developers often have versions that they've compiled for my older system, so I end up needing to buy them directly (even if it means to upgrade path if I ever do need to buy a new laptop). It would be better if the App store could let you purchase an app that wouldn't run on your system (with suitable warnings, of course), so that then the developer could send you a "legacy" version, but you could receive upgrades for a future time when you'd be able to use the "real" version.
Mac App Store and software purchases
FWIW: As a developer who has apps available for purchase via website and the MAS I can attest that purchases from the MAS currently outnumber those from the website, some months by as much as 3-to-1. In fact, since I started making apps available on the MAS last Spring, website purchases on the whole have been decreasing and MAS purchases increasing. ---
dougscripts.com
Mac App Store and software purchases
I prefer to buy my apps from the authors. Some only use the MAS, so I buy them there. But if given a choice, I buy direct. Gives them more money in the pocket than the MAS way.
Apple won't be getting my money any longer
You know, I'm pretty satisfied with the (carefully backed-up) software I already own on the one hand, and I'm appalled at the idea of the Sandbox, mommy-nonsense like hiding the Library, the utter idiocy of "full screen apps" and Apple's consequent breaking of the multi-monitor paradigm, on the other. ---
--fyngyrz
Apple won't be getting my money any longer
You're not alone. Three thumbs up.
Apple won't be getting my money any longer
I am starting to think along these lines as well.
Apple won't be getting my money any longer
Yep, after being a loyal Apple fan (but never a fanboy) since the Apple II, Apple is succeeding in driving me away. My next machine will be an inexpensive PC with Windows 7 on it, and I will continue to run the Mac OS virtualized when necessary. Apple is in the process of crippling their OS, and to put it bluntly; I need my UI to work with me, not against me. Lion reminds me of fighting with older versions of
Apple won't be getting my money any longer
There is one ray of light along that line - in Mountain Lion, you will be able to go full-screen on any monitor. I'm not a developer, so I don't know yet how well that will work, but it certainly should be nice when presenting - I always use an extended desktop for the projector, so sometimes I have to be creative (using VLC, etc.) to make things like video go full screen on another monitor.
Mac App Store and software purchases
I voted "Most or all from the developer." I bought one thing from the App Store, but only because it is unavailable outside of it. I don't buy a lot of software these days, but when I do, I'd prefer to not have to buy it from the App Store.
Mac App Store and software purchases
This poll is insufficiently detailed. What do you mean by "buy"? Are we talking only about paid apps?
Mac App Store and software purchases
I use the MAS to download free applications or Apple-produced software but I prefer to get any paid 3rd party apps directly through the developer's website. I often find that certain features which I like to use are often solely available on a version of the software offered on the developer's site. MAS rules apparently prohibit certain application behaviors while sandboxing often eliminates others, consequently developers often can only enable certain features on software versions sold through their own sites. |
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