[kartayyar]

90% of this could be summarized as freemium has made software worse.

But I don't think I like any solutions which involves giving Apple more power to disintermediate developers from users even more.

I consider limiting the kinds of apps that developers can build a free speech issue.

I think making an "Editors Choice Lite" label would help. I.e. that apps can sign up for an optional extra level of vetting to indicate they are free of some of the monetization dark patterns listed in this post.

[seanalltogether]

I'm convinced the app stores would look very different if they supported free trials and version upgrade pricing. Its weird that we've dropped the fundamental distribution features that powered the software and games industry for such a long time.

[fakedang]

Isn't the freemium model an extension of the software trials models?

[zem]

I would not want to limit the apps a developer can build, but I would definitely like to see clear warning labels so that users can filter efficiently