![]() Make savvy trades with the Tykr stock market app ($20 off).Today in Apple history: Steve Jobs says Apple is being run by ‘caretakers’.Power up summer savings with Bluetti’s vets’ program and Memorial Day Sale.Texas Monthly Profiles Tapbots Founders Paul Haddad and Mark Jardine.Platformer: ‘Inside Twitter’s Failed Space Launch’.Apple is shutting down the really old 'My Photo Stream' on July 26.Best standing desks for home offices, tested and reviewed.Google to pay $32.5M as jury sides with Sonos on patent lawsuit.DreameBot D10s Plus review: Strong vacuum, weak mop.Getting started with macOS Disk Utility: Resizing, snapshots, and journaling.The MacRumors Show: Arnold Kim Discusses History of MacRumors and More.The Best Memorial Day Deals on Apple Products Including AirPods, MacBook Pro, and More. ![]() Apple's 'My Photo Stream' Service Shutting Down in July 2023.Hands-On: What the iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Pro Will Look Like.Top Stories: Final Cut Pro for iPad, iOS 17 Rumors, WWDC Schedule.For these little consumer utilities, subscriptions make no fiscal sense to most users whatsoever. For professional software, subscriptions might be a good way to go. Nothing against MacPaw, but subscriptions are anti-consumer and should be offered on a single-app basis as an option only. Or if it’s Apple, it will just axe Aperture and pretend that freebieware iCloud thin client Photos is a good enough replacement. Next year you’ll have 55 unimproved apps and 6 bugfix releases perhaps. Just as likely is that the software developer doesn’t update at all. ![]() Word to the wise: one of the unending memes of subscription salesmen is that when you sign up to the subscription, that means you will have automated updates and increased features in the future, all baked into a nice tidy package. You’d be money ahead to buy and own just the titles you use and keep using them for a few years. Look at the 61 apps and you’ll find only a handful that you actually will use regularly. The viability of this offering, of course, depends on the software included, whether it meets users’ needs, quality levels, etc.Īnyway, it’s always good to see experimentation in app delivery and sales/rentals and expanding options for Mac users! MacDailyNews Take: By allowing developers to focus on development, rather than marketing their apps, this sort of thing could lead to better software. Ochs reports, “MacPaw hopes Setapp will be an alternative to the Mac App Store that improves upon that experience for both developers and consumers alike.”įull article, with a list of 61 apps included at launch, here. “MacPaw will add more apps to the service over time, and they’ll all be available ad-free with no in-app purchases or upgrade fees.” “For a flat monthly fee, subscribers will get access to 61 apps at launch, including Cloud Outliner, Focused, Blogo, Pagico, RapidWeaver, Ulysses, Screens, CleanMyMac, and more,” Ochs reports. “Setapp, its new subscription service, launches Wednesday.” “MacPaw wants to make subscription-based Mac software popular by offering a bundled suite of apps for $9.99 per month,” Susie Ochs reports for Macworld.
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