This thread is a perfect case study on how the App Store's race-to-the-bottom pricing has created a group of consumers who feel entitled to quality work for an unrealistic price - developers' time and livelihoods be damned.
No, this thread is a case study in careful price setting. I use Fantastical, I paid for Fantastical, I like Fantastical, I'm not about to spend $40-50 on an update. I like it because it's a functional calendar that sits in my menubar and fills a gap Apple left (day and time, but no date?).
I don't use the natural language entry, I don't need a replacement for the full window app, and I don't really use Notification Center. Actually, I use Fantastical
instead of the Notification Center.
So there's no features I need, and it's not worth paying that price for. There are a lot of times I buy updates I don't need because it supports the developer, but $50 is too steep for that here. F1 works fine for me, I'm not all that freaked out about not matching the Yosemite UI, and sooner or later someone will put out a replacement with the reduced feature set I need at a price I'm willing to pay (yay free market!).
If it were $15, Flexbits would have my money already. Hopefully they've looked at it and determined they'll retain half their customers at the higher price and it will pay off for them. At the price they're charging, it forces me to look at where else I can spend that money. $39.99 will buy you OmniFocus, which I think it a heck of a lot more useful, for example.
what are the chances of the built-in apple calendar, mail, and reminders apps merging at some point in the future a la Outlook? I like both, but would love to have a seamless, native app for managing appointments, tasks, etc.
Dear god, no... I'm so happy not to have to deal with that mess anymore...
That actually sounds like blackmail to me.
"Oh, I am going to charge through the roof for my app and you better pay me for it, otherwise I won't update my app ever."
Uh... There's not a lot of people who work without being paid. I don't think that's blackmail, I think it's putting food on the table.