Comments on: Growl 1.3 is Lion compatible

By: Growl tops Mac App Store paid app list | FairerPlatform

Growl tops Mac App Store paid app list | FairerPlatform — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 17:54:08 +0000

[...] At the time, a Fairer Platform comment poster vented his spleen about the change: what the f%$+? Who will pay for this? I guess Growl will quickly be replaced by another free alternative. It’s too bad when a good free app start charging users … it sucks… [...]

By: the rocr

the rocr — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 14:56:41 +0000

Growl has a huge ecosystem and scores of tie ins — paying $2 for this brilliant notification system is a no brainer.

By: Anas

Anas — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 09:09:13 +0000

asheen, I am as upset as you are. Nevertheless, once you buy the app from the app store all future updates are free according to the app store policy. $2 isn’t that much to pay, however, I think it is going to loose it’s popular stance since developers will not bundle it as much as they used to in the past and that is why I will not be paying for it. The developer should have offered the same old features for free and created more skins, more advanced features for the extra $1.99. Who knows what is going to happen but I see that the app is doing very well on the app store.

By: asheen

asheen — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 15:12:04 +0000

what the f%$+?
Who will pay for this?
I guess Growl will quickly be replaced by another free alternative. It’s too bad when a good free app start charging users. I would rather have to see ads when I get a notification compared to pay for every new version release…
it sucks…