When Apple announced they were gonna allow free apps to use in-app purchase I was not impressed. This was for many reasons… firstly crippleware trials, nagware free, and all out lame apps that require you to pay to do anything with it.

Well iBowl from SCN is the first i’ve noticed that has gone down this slippery slope of nagware. In my usual AppStore update check on my iPod Touch I noticed that iBowl was listed… the release notes listed that your high score was now kept and another minor thing. But they failed to mention the following: nagware for deluxe version via in-app purchase EVERY time you launch the app and that it was ad supported in the free mode.

There you see is the nag and the  in-app purchase price… so much for being a enjoyable free game. The nagware style of promotion takes the fun out of a once cool game.  I really hope that SCN sorts this out and makes it a a display once nag.

I’ll keep the updated app on my device for now to give them the benefit of the doubt that they will correct their actions… if they slip further down the slope i’m gonna go back to older version and not promote the game any more.

That’s all for now before I ramble on.

Tags: Apple, AppStore, fail, in-app, purchase

RSS Digest for Sunday, Augest 16th, 2009:

Apple: Psystar destroyed evidence
Wii sold 800,000 units in UK since January
Mike Pinkerton: Food Network Fail
Rumors of Palm Pre’s death slightly exaggerated
Final chapter coming in HP spying scandal
US govt says $1.92M P2P damage award totally fair
Twitter showing dubious face of convicted NFL star?
No need for an app with Sig Alert’s maps
Y Combinator Starts Seeding Ideas To Startups
QMO: Testday Reminder: Fennec 1.0 Beta Testing on Friday, 8/21, from 7AM to 5PM PDT
Facebook Cornering Market on E-Friends
Programming wisdom
Where will Google send its new Street View tricycles?
Firefox 3.5 Not Playing Nicely With Twitter
Facebook beats Twitter in July stats
What would be inside an Apple tablet
Twitter needs to die for microblogging to live
Police, Cameras, Pixellation
Short-form Fragments

- Matt A. Tobin of Binary Outcast

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Here are the links for: Sunday, February 15th 2009…

A “Category 5 Engrish Storm” hits iTunes
Amazon’s Kindle vs NetBook?
Apple sued again over iPhone
Better printing with Gutenprint
Charter Communications to file Chapter 11 bankruptcy
Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 “Lenny” Released
Experiences Of A Newbie iPhone Developer
Gamers, EFF Speak Out Against DRM
Google Docs adds spreadsheet editing on the iPhone
HP Mini 1000 Mi gets video review
Mysterious, Bulky Sony Ericsson ‘Reese’ Phone Expected to Debut at MWC [Rumor]
Palm Pre’s calendar gets demoed on video
S3 Graphics Fails At Delivering Linux Driver
The Simpsons Goes HD For the First Time Tonight [The Simpsons
V12 Design Dual-Screen Laptop Gets a Bit More Real With Estari Partnership [Laptops]
What Google Does to Brands

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Here are the links for: Sunday, January 18th 2009…

10 Really Cool Google Chrome Hacks
30 Beautiful and Creative Examples of Vibrant Web Designs
50 iPhone Apps with Icons That Don’t Suck
Acer’s 10-inch Aspire One 103 in photos
Belkin replies to Mechanical Turk shilling
Beta Is Dead
Boy, 8, becomes youngest IT professional
CherryPal calls its Bing netbook a nettop, can’t win for losing
Chumby gets retrofitted into retro telephone, will soon make collect
CircuitCity.com morphs into an info page
Does piracy actually matter?
Epidermis Theme Manager
Former Employees Talk About Google
Get Your Paws On the Myka BitTorrent Box in ‘Four to Six Weeks’ [BitTorrent]
GoDaddy hit by a DDoS attack
iPod touch 2G redsn0w Video Shows Jailbreak in Action [Apple]
Lycos Kills Jubii While They’re At It
Lycos To Shutter Lycos Mail, Tripod On February 15
Man Loses $150,000 To Nigerian Scam
PSP phone shot down by Sony
Recession strikes PC sales
Seagate Flooded With Failing Drive Complaints
Seagate Provides Firmware Update For Failing Hard Drives
Steve Wozniak Speaks About Steve Jobs’ Health Issues (Video)
The Top 10 fonts of 2008
Top 10 Steve Jobs Quotes Of All Time
Viliv uncovers gorgeous X70 Atom Communication MID
What’s New in Windows 7: Window Management
Which is Better: A Microsoft or Logitech Mouse?
Why Google Employees Quit
Wii Homebrew Hack Turns Wiimote Into a Casual Carpenter’s Level [Wii]
Wikipedia Beefs Up for Multimedia
Windows 7 Beta takes another crown, besting Vista in SSD performance
Windows 7’s Media Hype Having the Opposite Effect As Vista’s
WowWee’s Lightstar flying blade reviewed: a cheap thrill

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