Another Scammer Trying To Take Our Money
Does the app work as advertised?
- No way to tell
***App Reduced From $4.99 to Free on AppAdvice…but that’s not all! When you load and start the app the first screen says to select a blue tooth item from the list of areas (eg. bedroom, living room, etc.). Once you select it you see the search page for as long as 1/2-second as it automatically takes you to the upgrade page where you have to select the $19.99 premium package if you want to actually try and find a device and/or to see the search screen or map.*** That’s right everyone…to even try it will only cost you $19.99…such a deal. If you want to look at the ratings/comments, sorry, you’re out of luck. They display an impressive 4.x average rating, but they have blocked access to actually see any real ratings, comments and dates. Just trust them that their app is the best thing since sliced bread and it is really needed by you. The $19.99 that you send them will be a pittance compared with how well it works…hopefully! These tactics are getting old, but Apple, AppAdvice, and others just don’t seem to care anymore about their customers…but they do care a lot about instantly getting their money…and more money after that. Another app that I purchased a few years ago, used quite often, and was very happy with, bowed down to the Apple pressure of going subscription, even for those who had already paid in full for the app. The only updates were to stay in Apple’s compliance and to work with the iOS changes. It is still working with 15.2.1 and has stayed completely functional for the five years or so without any content changes or new features…it doesn’t need any. Their change to the subscription model was unique and different from what we have normally seen. Usually you have paid $2.99 to $9.99 for a lifetime license for an app. Then they make a simple wording change five years later to the app and when you update the app…well, what do you know…your already purchased app (paid in full five years before) that you have used for years now only costs you $9.99 a year to continue using it (and no, you cannot roll back the update to avoid having to start paying the subscription fee). Then they tell you to read the update info on all the wonderful things and abilities you now have access to, forever, as long as you keep paying for the subscription. So you read it and find out the only change was adding the subscription fees. The difference in the app that I was talking about was the developers were honest. They said there are no new fixes or features, and probably will never be, but the subscription fee of only $9.99 a year will ensure that any future updates, if and when they decide to do one, will be free for all users paying their subscription fees. They said the subscription fee would have been much less, but Apple takes 30% off the top so they have priced the subscription accordingly so they see some steady income. For some reason though when I tried to use their model on a car I sold to a friend of mine a year ago, it didn’t work out so well. I told my friend that I realized he had paid the asking price of the Ford in full when he purchased it, but I needed to raise some more capital. I told him my plan was to provide updates to his car for only $99.99 a year or $10.00 a month. He asked what would be updated and when? I told him that whenever I felt there was a need for one, I would let him know, but there is no specific schedule or plans at this point, but it could be at any time, but the subscription fees would start that day. Why, he asked, and I said because the first thing I did when I got to his house was clean the outside of the windshield and back window, thereby already showing an improvement on that car. The rest happened fast. The police escorted me off his property and he told me that a check will be in the mail soon. He also said the Ford is running fine and he would consider the subscription once he’s done suing Ford for changing his seat warmers and air conditioning to subscription services. He said they put software locks on the seat warmers and air conditioning during his last service appointment and they would let him know soon how much it will cost to use those features from now on. Isn’t it nice when technology and rich corporations need more capital how inventive they can be?
- No way to tell
***App Reduced From $4.99 to Free on AppAdvice…but that’s not all! When you load and start the app the first screen says to select a blue tooth item from the list of areas (eg. bedroom, living room, etc.). Once you select it you see the search page for as long as 1/2-second as it automatically takes you to the upgrade page where you have to select the $19.99 premium package if you want to actually try and find a device and/or to see the search screen or map.*** That’s right everyone…to even try it will only cost you $19.99…such a deal. If you want to look at the ratings/comments, sorry, you’re out of luck. They display an impressive 4.x average rating, but they have blocked access to actually see any real ratings, comments and dates. Just trust them that their app is the best thing since sliced bread and it is really needed by you. The $19.99 that you send them will be a pittance compared with how well it works…hopefully! These tactics are getting old, but Apple, AppAdvice, and others just don’t seem to care anymore about their customers…but they do care a lot about instantly getting their money…and more money after that. Another app that I purchased a few years ago, used quite often, and was very happy with, bowed down to the Apple pressure of going subscription, even for those who had already paid in full for the app. The only updates were to stay in Apple’s compliance and to work with the iOS changes. It is still working with 15.2.1 and has stayed completely functional for the five years or so without any content changes or new features…it doesn’t need any. Their change to the subscription model was unique and different from what we have normally seen. Usually you have paid $2.99 to $9.99 for a lifetime license for an app. Then they make a simple wording change five years later to the app and when you update the app…well, what do you know…your already purchased app (paid in full five years before) that you have used for years now only costs you $9.99 a year to continue using it (and no, you cannot roll back the update to avoid having to start paying the subscription fee). Then they tell you to read the update info on all the wonderful things and abilities you now have access to, forever, as long as you keep paying for the subscription. So you read it and find out the only change was adding the subscription fees. The difference in the app that I was talking about was the developers were honest. They said there are no new fixes or features, and probably will never be, but the subscription fee of only $9.99 a year will ensure that any future updates, if and when they decide to do one, will be free for all users paying their subscription fees. They said the subscription fee would have been much less, but Apple takes 30% off the top so they have priced the subscription accordingly so they see some steady income. For some reason though when I tried to use their model on a car I sold to a friend of mine a year ago, it didn’t work out so well. I told my friend that I realized he had paid the asking price of the Ford in full when he purchased it, but I needed to raise some more capital. I told him my plan was to provide updates to his car for only $99.99 a year or $10.00 a month. He asked what would be updated and when? I told him that whenever I felt there was a need for one, I would let him know, but there is no specific schedule or plans at this point, but it could be at any time, but the subscription fees would start that day. Why, he asked, and I said because the first thing I did when I got to his house was clean the outside of the windshield and back window, thereby already showing an improvement on that car. The rest happened fast. The police escorted me off his property and he told me that a check will be in the mail soon. He also said the Ford is running fine and he would consider the subscription once he’s done suing Ford for changing his seat warmers and air conditioning to subscription services. He said they put software locks on the seat warmers and air conditioning during his last service appointment and they would let him know soon how much it will cost to use those features from now on. Isn’t it nice when technology and rich corporations need more capital how inventive they can be?
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