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by Wowfunhappy 2579 days ago
> To the developer: before pulling the plug I strongly suggest trying a subscription model.

You're suggesting that the developer begin asking for a subscription for an app they already bought with the understanding that it was a one-time fee?

This does not sound to me like a recipe for happy customers, regardless of whether or not it's reasonable.

(You _might_ have more success releasing a "Happy Scale 2" and pushing all future updates there. This has the significant advantage of not making users feel forced to buy something new.)
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graeme 2579 days ago
They said they were going to shut it down if search didn’t change.

I think customers would prob prefer that to losing it, so they should at least try rather than simply throwing it away.

Happy scale 2 could work. Or maybe some new feature, not sure how best to work it. They’d be the one to know what their audience might support, but I think they should at least try.

Though hopefully search gets fixed and it won’t be necessary.

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