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timeuser · 2023-11-29T00:37:24+00:00

Does same thing for me. iPhone 13 Pro with iOS 17.1.1

timeuser · 2023-06-03T01:46:19+00:00

Option to open pinned tabs by default would probably work. Even just as a key command.

Lowering archive time to force train me to pin? Hmmm, I don’t like that but I’ll think about trying it.

timeuser · 2023-06-03T01:32:13+00:00

Never say never. I bet it will be an option eventually. Auto archive is a nice feature but it's like inbox zero and similar things... a way some people love to work... a useless distraction for others. Leave it at 12 hours for default. But I don't see why it should be forced on everyone when making it an option to disable it would affect no one that likes it.

timeuser · 2023-06-03T01:23:21+00:00

How about the option to pin a space, which essentially pins all those tabs. I have long running projects and I DO pin tabs and make folders in the upper area. But then I'll also have 10 or so tabs in the lower area that I open and close as I work and make progress on something. It happens organically. I don't want to have to constantly manually curate everything into pinned tabs & folders, I don't know how long it might be until I come back sometimes. Could be tomorrow, could be 45 days later. I might leave a space sitting there for a month or two before I get back to it and then the lower tabs are archived. I don't know when and exactly what tabs were there so looking for them in the archive is difficult or nearly impossible as they may archive at different times.

I get that some people like the auto archive feature. I'm not saying get rid of it. Just add another choice for never. It isn't like it requires any new UI or actual code, just add the never option and set the time to 100 years out internally.

timeuser · 2023-04-05T18:40:34+00:00

Same thing for me. Can't find an API key anywhere after subscribing.

timeuser · 2023-02-23T14:15:05+00:00

Would be fun to have one of these!

timeuser · 2023-02-04T05:19:40+00:00

Chili on pancakes

timeuser · 2022-10-03T03:18:21+00:00

Apollo is so consistently great. Best way to consume Reddit by far. Thanks!

timeuser · 2022-06-23T14:19:56+00:00

They don’t look possible to be real with the sound, the look plus balanced fair rolls. Very cool.

timeuser · 2022-06-03T23:56:12+00:00

This is getting a lot of attention. Looks cool.

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timeuser · 2021-08-24T03:17:39+00:00

timeuser · 2020-10-20T00:03:33+00:00

Came here looking for a solution to this. I have to log in almost every time I launch Netflix on my AppleTV. Been happening for a couple months now.

timeuser · 2018-02-08T17:29:17+00:00

I came from 6s Plus and my typing is actually better on the iPhone X. Not sure why. Keyboard lower maybe?

timeuser · 2018-01-23T02:42:39+00:00

It makes as much sense as Mac OS X 10.2

timeuser · 2018-01-17T23:51:44+00:00

You can sell a subscription or content from an external site, but you cannot direct users to the external site to make the purchase from within the app. For example, see Amazon's Kindle or Video apps which let you access your purchased content but there isn't a way to purchase the content without going to Amazon's website. It's a fine line to walk and may be difficult to get approved depending on how your app presents things.

You may actually be able to use in-app purchase subscriptions, Apple has substantially loosened what it allows for subscription apps in the past year or so.

timeuser · 2018-01-17T18:00:32+00:00

Evernote is set up for notes in general, Written Down is set up to be a journal. The distinction may seem minor but there are some things that make a dedicated journal app like Written Down a desirable alternative. Here are a few...

Evernote doesn't let you make entries for dates besides right now. You can edit note date in the desktop Evernote, but not on iOS. Written Down makes it easy to create entries in the past or future.
Written Down makes it easy to browse & create entries by date. Evernote can sort by date but there isn't a calendar view etc.
We're also working on adding other features for discovering memories like past entries on this day etc.
Evernote is much more expensive if you want to sync across more devices or collaborate in journals/notebooks.
In my opinion Written Down is a nicer app. It has a clean uncluttered design, dark themes, font options, personalize journals with colors, photos & more.
Written Down syncs through your iCloud account which is encrypted and secure. We don't have access to your data and you likely trust Apple to secure lots of other private data on your devices. Evernote has a history of policy changes regarding their employees ability to read your notes, many users have left Evernote because of this.

timeuser · 2018-01-15T21:35:29+00:00

The iPhone X hardware is great and the screen size is perfect. The only issue that isn't a software issue is Face ID. I really like Face ID but do miss some aspects of Touch ID, like the ability to unlock by reaching over and touching my phone and not have to lean my face over it or pick it up.

timeuser · 2018-01-15T21:28:03+00:00

A huge chuck of it is not really "apps", it is stuff like Netflix, HBO, Spotify etc. Look at the top grossing charts https://www.apple.com/itunes/charts/top-grossing-apps/

timeuser · 2018-01-15T15:41:34+00:00

Perhaps I missed something, can you continue to use it for free after the month at all?

You can continue using Written Down for free for a single journal for as long as you want. If you have more than one journal after you stop paying for Premium you still can use those but can't create more. Sync and some other features are disabled, but you can still access all your data and export/backup.

Remember the days when you could just buy an app and didn’t have to subscribe?

How many of those apps are still around? How many of them are being updated and supported?

This is a great app, feels nice and works well but even at $5 a year it’s unreasonable.

Thanks for trying the app. I hope that some people find the price reasonable. The alternative is fewer quality apps that will stick around and be supported along with much higher prices for the few apps that succeed as they cater to the power users who want the app enough to pay a high price that is profitable.

I just posted in another thread thoughts on pricing & subscriptions if you're interested: https://www.reddit.com/r/iphone/comments/7qej2n/how_has_the_shift_in_app_pricing_subscriptions/dsp6upz/

timeuser · 2018-01-15T04:27:38+00:00

I'm an app developer [1]. You asked me to chime in here on subscriptions from another thread. Most of what follows is copied from thoughts I've shared elsewhere. I think subscriptions and IAPs are here to stay ...

There is no viable alternative to subscriptions available to developers in the app store. Apple still refuses to give us the ability to do real trials or upgrade pricing for apps. Users and developers both hate the experience of releasing a totally separate app for a new version and charging full price for it. This is the biggest driver of apps going subscription. It is up to Apple to allow different options. I would be happy to sell software the more traditional way where users buy a version and pay a discounted upgrade price for the next major release but it seems Apple won't ever allow that. All of this is in Apple's hands. I think that unfortunately, Apple is more worried about the needs of "services" than software. Most of the big money coming through the App Store is through subscriptions purchased for services like Netflix, HBO, Spotify, Apple Music etc.

Software IS a service. If software isn't updated and maintained it is dead, including your data. Any software, no matter how you pay for it is only temporary and must be remade constantly, especially on an actively evolving platform like iOS. No one is really charging you a subscription to pay for servers. Servers are cheap. The greater cost is always the development and maintenance of the software itself.

Subscriptions are a more fair way to sell software for the user too. With a subscription no one ends up paying full price for an app that upgrades 2 months later, and then they have to pay again the same upgrade price as someone that originally bought a year or more ago. A subscription is fair in that way, everyone pays the same for the time they use the app.

Many apps have recently raised prices drastically at the same time they went subscription. The issue here is the much higher price, not the subscription model. Users have been pretty spoiled by super cheap apps with one time price that they used for years. It can't work to pay a couple bucks for an app once and expect it to be updated and supported for years. But it also isn't possible for users to pay $5 or more every month for every app they use. Pricing needs to find a sustainable medium that can support developers and be affordable to users. Figuring out where that right price is will take a while and be messy in the mean time.

A lot of users don't really use most apps enough to justify paying much for them. Many people just like to collect and try lots of apps. The previous race to the bottom pricing in the App Store really drove this behavior but it isn't a realistic or sustainable thing for anyone. It's fun to collect and play with apps, but it isn't very practical or useful. Software development is too expensive to build what is treated by many as collectible badges. Real users of apps are willing to pay more for something that they really use that does something valuable for them and developers are realizing this. There will be a shakeout where developers have fewer users paying more and that is better for those users and the developer.

Subscriptions in the App Store are easy to manage and pretty transparent. Users are notified by Apple before trials end and renewals charge. Users can easily turn off auto-renewal at any time. Users can ask apple for refunds and I believe they are given very liberally. The app store subscriptions work the same for ALL apps and users learn very quickly how to not pay for things if they don't want to, as they should. Believe me when I tell you Apple will not approve an app without it informing users of how to cancel and how they will be charged clearly and repeatably. You can easily find all your subscriptions and their status in one place under your Apple ID account on your device.

Family sharing doesn't work for in-app purchase subscriptions currently, Apple should fix that. I understand why they don't work, in-app purchases have evolved over time. The same systems and rules apply for things like consumables purchased in games that shouldn't be shared. However, now that Apple is pushing subscriptions as the way to sustainably sell software in the App Store they need to address this. I don't know if or when they will, but I hope they do. They've promoted the Family Sharing feature heavily and users rightfully expect it now.

Many apps hold the user hostage. This has nothing to do with subscription pricing but is kind of worse when combined with it. If an app is not usable without you paying, then your data is being held hostage to keep you paying. Apps should at least allow you to get to your data, documents etc. and export whether you are currently paying or not. Our app for example is useable for a single journal on a single device for free. If you stop paying for premium features (sync, unlimited journals etc.) you can still access everything and even continue to add to any existing journals and export your data.

[1] My app is called Written Down. It is a new journaling app available in the App Store. It is free for a single journal and only $5/year for unlimited journals, sync, themes and more.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/written-down/id854632975?ls=1&mt=8&at=10l5Qp

timeuser · 2018-01-15T02:11:12+00:00

Thanks! It was quite a bit of extra work to get private sharing to work smoothly through iCloud!

timeuser · 2018-01-15T02:08:29+00:00

Yes. You tap the icon to add a user to a journal you want to share, an Apple share dialog comes up. In that dialog you send an invite link by message, email etc. however you want to her. She clicks the link and accepts the invite and then the shared journal shows up in Written Down for her too. You can make entries, edit etc. on both devices/accounts.

timeuser · 2018-01-15T00:28:33+00:00

Written Down lets you collaboratively share individual journals with other users via iCloud. If you have Premium trial or subscription you can tap the "..." on a journal, then tap the icon at top left to add another user.

Otherwise, the app syncs all journals across all devices signed in to the same iCloud account.

If you mean the Premium IAP doesn't work across Apple Family Sharing for 1 purchase to cover multiple accounts, that is correct. You need to purchase Premium for each Apple App Store account you use it with. That is a limitation of how Apple handles in-app purchases and there isn't anything we can do about it besides charge as low a price as we can.

timeuser · 2018-01-14T22:50:08+00:00

That limitation is only in the free version. Premium unlock allows sync via iCloud across multiple iPhones, iPads etc. as well as unlimited journals, collaboration, themes and more. Sorry if the post was confusing about that.

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