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Originally Posted by Deskisamess
My reluctance to just accept the subscription model for this app is based on the update that was pushed out before it was ready. It will take me hours to get the app back to the way it was on my iPad. Time I don't really have right now.
The "changing of the guard" was announced here in June. Since then, the new developer has posted just 7 times, once to ask users to join another site to keep up with the changes to come. Isn't that bad form? There is a huge user base here already. That should be evident to the new guy.
That leaves a bad taste in my mouth. Why not take advantage of the users already gathered here? Talk to us here.
When I consider that behavior, along with the update mess, AND a new "pay to play" model, it leaves me cold. It's not the cost at all. It's how it is being handled.
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Programmers as a whole tend not to be the best at the various social skills. I tend to take the approach of it's ok to make mistakes as long as you learn from them.
Yes, I agree that it would be a good thing if, like Charlie, the new guy would check this specific forum at least a few times a week. On the other hand, I've seen a lot of programmers come into a situation and simply arbitrarily set things up the way they want them without thinking how anyone else feels about it. It just doesn't occur to them that someone might object. Unfortunately, the ability to deal with customers without pissing them off is kind of rare in the programming community. That's why most companies don't let programmers talk to customers.
