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by jfisk87 4431 days ago
That's pretty bad way to alienate your loyal customers. They can still have users email them and issue download codes after paying through their website.
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eridius 4431 days ago
No they can't. The App Store very deliberately prevents that (because that would let you use the App Store for all its benefits, while completely bypassing the 30% cut). The only codes you get are a limited number of promotional codes. Sure, if you have 5 customers, you could give them codes, but if you have 500 you can't.
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tlercher 4430 days ago
They can.

[MAS = Mac App Store, nMAS = non-Mac App Store]

The only (okay two) way that is impossible to do is: MAS ➜ MAS (and nMAS ➜ MAS)

but:

non-MAS ➜ non-MAS: via serial in the store MAS ➜ non-MAS: Receipt Validation (https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/releasenotes/General...)

the last one is rarely used by Developers… 1Password is one, that allows you to buy it in the MAS, and use at least their Beta-Builds.

That many developers use the MAS as an excuse, for not providing any upgrade paths at all… is a very silly solution to a problem that many Developers/Companys face (to make permanent profit) at the cost of customer satisfaction.

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cjensen 4430 days ago
A paid upgrade for store MAS ➜ non-MAS is forbidden by Apple. Omni already tried that [1].

[1] https://www.omnigroup.com/blog/omnikeymaster-upgrade-pricing...

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