From cheap tool to premium subscription: When a beloved app's price skyrockets
How much are you willing to pay to keep using your favorite app?
Ars Technica reports: How much are you willing to pay to keep using your favorite app?
Maybe you’ve used it for years. Perhaps it performs a function so essential and specific that you couldn’t imagine what you’d do without it.
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- United States · Americas
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- Evernote
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- Earlier this year, Evernote, a note-taking app, changed its subscription tiers, forcing some users to go from paying $130 per year to $250. (Ars Technica)
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