Same company acquired two very similar apps.
One required a $14/year subscription, the other $90/year
So they “carefully considered this decision” by delisting the cheaper one for the more expensive one. Boom, 500% cost increase
Don’t want to pay? Well, your files are hostage. Stop paying and lose your data.
Ps: remember the lie “subscription for software assures constant updates”?
The announcement serves as the final nail in the coffin for one of the iPad’s oldest and most popular sculpting apps, which hasn’t received any major updates since 2023.
In anicent China, the writer and statesman Su Xun (蘇洵,苏洵) wrote a article named “On the Six Fallen States” (六國論, 六国论) about why the six states (韓、趙、魏、楚、燕、齊) were conquered by Qin (秦) during the Warring States period (戰國時代,战国时期)? The following is an excerpt from the relevant paragraph.
In ancient, the six states use land to serve Qin state; in modern, the people use money to serve the companies provide subscription. The more people who pay for a subscription, the more power they have over price increases and control over your data.