@TheDevUnion

The Developers Union is an advocate for sustainability in the App Store. Add your app or become a supporter.

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Cabel Sasser@cabel5 Jun 2018
🚨 App Store Free Trials. So important, it should’ve been in the keynote. (I haven’t 100% confirmed this, but it apparently applies to the Mac App Store too.) pcmag.com/news/361581/apple-…

Apple Now Allows Free Trials for iOS Apps

Non-subscription apps can now offer a free time-based trial period before payment is required.

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Per usual, @danielpunkass nails it: “…a pretty sweet solution” for offering free trials. bitsplitting.org/2018/06/06/…

Ersatz Free Trials

On Monday Apple announced that they are officially supporting so-called "free trials" for non-subscription apps. The reaction has been a breathless celebration that Apple has finally relented and...

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techcrunch.com/2018/06/04/ap…

App developers get their wish with expanded support for free trials | TechCrunch

A group of Apple developers recently banded together as a group called "The Developers Union" in order to plead with Apple, en masse, to allow them to

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Dave Wood 🇨🇦@DaveWoodX5 Jun 2018
This looks like it’s a direct answer to the @TheDevUnion’s petition. An official way to offer free trials (even if it’s the same as the hack we’ve been using so far). At least it’s now officially supported. #wwdc xitter.cf/9to5mac/status/1003800…
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@9to5mac5 Jun 2018
Apple updates App Store Review Guidelines w/ free trial details, remote mirroring changes, more 9to5mac.com/2018/06/04/new-a… by @ChanceHMiller
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Here are two important things you can do this week to move the movement forward:
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Encourage your favorite developers, podcasters, and writers to weigh in on the idea of having an independently organized, community-guided group advocating for developer causes.
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Write your own piece about why TDU is important to you and how it could be better.
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Slate
@Slate23 May 2018
Why Apple should offer free trials of paid apps: slate.me/2IFavYX
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Great write-up by an indie dev who would benefit from free trials. xitter.cf/bhansmeyer/status/9985…
Becky Hansmeyer@bhansmeyer21 May 2018
📝 Regarding Free Trials in the App Store beckyhansmeyer.com/2018/05/2…
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Why is TDU important to you and how could it be better? xitter.cf/pfandrade_/status/9989…
Paulo Andrade@pfandrade_22 May 2018
Happy to see the @TheDevUnion making a concrete effort for sustainability on the App Store. Here’s is my take on it and a suggestion for a future petition: pfandrade.me/blog/the-develo…

The Developers Union

A call for developers to organize and advocate for App Store changes—like free trials—that can improve sustainability for users and creators.

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Thanks, @iMore! imore.com/developers-union-r…
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9to5Mac
@9to5mac18 May 2018
App creators form ‘Developers Union’ to push free trials and better revenue split on App Store 9to5mac.com/2018/05/18/unoff… by @iPeterCao
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WIRED
@WIRED18 May 2018
A small group of developers have formed a union to lobby for better App Store policies wired.trib.al/0LFYMKc
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The Verge
@verge18 May 2018
iOS developers want to push Apple on free trial policy and App Store revenue cut theverge.com/2018/5/18/17369…
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Hey folks! Just a quick restart of the application to handle traffic. Thanks for all the love!
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Hey folks, we gave an exclusive look of The Developers Union to WIRED, but we want to make sure that we’re clear that the tone and purpose of TDU is to foster open and respectful communication between developers and Apple. We don’t even own pitchforks.
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#DearApple We believe that people who create great software should be able to make a living doing it. So we created The Developers Union to advocate for sustainability in the App Store. thedevelopersunion.org
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