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by causi 1119 days ago
As a user, I've found utility in apps that offer all features and customizations for free, but reset your preferences every time you start the app. It's like a demo except it never stops working and you can see the maximum amount of value the app can provide you.
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That's how my app handles customizations - they just get resetted once in a while, but you can use them without paying, Premium just makes them permanent. I wonder if it's not obvious from the UI and people think that you can't use them at all.
Curious if you have an example app for this? I have a stored records based app I work on occasionally and I wonder if an X day storage would fit this bill… but it feels weird to say, “if you want to store data permanently then it’s $y a month”
My personal experience with it is game emulators that reset your customized control layouts and such but I imagine it could work for other sorts of apps.