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aaron_pearce, to random
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Bags packed. Passport ready. Cannot wait to sit in airports all day tomorrow. 🫠

tonyarnold,
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@aaron_pearce are you headed to the big island?

aaron_pearce,
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@tonyarnold yep, the big one with all the things that want to kill humans.

aaron_pearce, to random
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Time to resubscribe to Flighty for a week or two for my trip to Melbourne.

wimleers,
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@aaron_pearce This is exactly what I do when traveling to conferences :) Each time I've found it to be worth it for the reduction in stress due to airline non-information or misinformation.

Have a good trip!

aaron_pearce, to random
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It is the time of the year that I start compiling my list of HomeKit feature requests that will be promptly be ignored by the team at Apple. Such a good use of my time.

tonyarnold,
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@aaron_pearce to be fair, doing it now is very much too late for the outcome to be anything else 😅

aaron_pearce,
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@tonyarnold oh, I’m more requesting it for next year as usual. The list has been the same since 2018 or so.

aaron_pearce, to random
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Just to join in…

aaron_pearce, to random
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This would explain my sudden weird drop in proceeds since March or April.
https://mastodon.social/@lapcatsoftware/112417029367792009

lapcatsoftware,
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@aaron_pearce I would download All Counties or Regions (Multiple Files) and focus on one country (in my case the US). Each line of the report tells you which product it is.

The lines that say CMA (whatever that means) appear to be associated with bundle purchases.
https://mastodon.social/@lapcatsoftware/112417499261759016

jsq,
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@lapcatsoftware CMA stands for Country Music Awards.

Hope that helps.

aaron_pearce, to random
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Given an existing app with a decent amount of unsubscribed users, what would be the best way to gate more features without annoying those existing ones? Although the existing users are the ones I want to pay…

agiletortoise,
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@aaron_pearce @jonathanreed It's kind of a pain and maybe not worth the legacy cruft, but you can also consider making a special offer paywall specific to the use of a feature you are taking away. "Feature X is now part of App Pro, upgrade now for 50% off” type thing.

aaron_pearce,
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@agiletortoise @jonathanreed The legacy tracking is a real pain to do well is the issue. I may implement an discounted paywall if I can work out how to do it cleanly.

aaron_pearce, to random
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So the Matter 1.3 specification is out, yet no major platform supports 1.2 as of yet. Having Matter as an industry standard falls down fast if no platform actually supports it in a timely manner.

https://csa-iot.org/newsroom/matter-1-3-specification-released/

aaron_pearce,
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@wimleers I think there is a private specification repo based on links shared in that one, and that is where a lot of discussions take place. Not fully open source in my opinion.

wimleers,
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@aaron_pearce Completely agreed.

aaron_pearce, to random
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Started the Watch app for HomePass 2 this evening. The watchOS 10 design language is fun to play with.

tonyarnold,
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@aaron_pearce we've both damned you to weeks of tweaking now. Sorry not sorry.

aaron_pearce,
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@tonyarnold 😅 I am half expecting to hit a show stopper of a Catalyst bug in the end.

aaron_pearce, to random
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@viticci just saw the HomeKit hardware article on MacStories. Good read!

One note, the HomeKit API actually does support pan and tilt cameras officially. But manufacturers don’t support it as Apple Home doesn’t support it. And no third party supports it as no camera support it. 😂

See https://developer.apple.com/documentation/homekit/hmcamerasettingscontrol and all the tilt characteristics under it.

viticci,
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@aaron_pearce Oh wow, fascinating! Thanks. Will update.

aaron_pearce, to random
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13 units at $7.99 equals $679,000 in proceeds after the 15% cut. I'm liking Apple's maths.

tonyarnold,
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@aaron_pearce or you’re rich now. That would be lovely.

aaron_pearce,
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@tonyarnold that would be my preferred option.

aaron_pearce, to random
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My new paywall system is now connected to RevenueCat.

Testing out using targeting to setup offerings per specific apps as defaults as a workaround.

Also tempted to try out placements so I can do different offers per spot in the app long term.

MuseumShuffle,
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@aaron_pearce gotcha. I’m thinking of switching mine to theirs. Mine is super basic.

aaron_pearce,
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@MuseumShuffle I think for standard paywalls that their system would work great. If I didn't have the future plans that I do have, I would have just used theirs. I did test it out early on and it was really nice to use.

aaron_pearce, to HomeKit
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My sale for my and apps has started!

aaron_pearce, to random
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Some days I wish Apple just allowed for paid updates. Would be so simple.

aaron_pearce, to random
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How to justify a subscription app:

I need to continuously feed myself and my family each month. That is the ongoing cost to the apps development.

aaron_pearce, to random
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Thinking on the branding for a potential subscription bundle of my apps.

All the apps are named Home{insert thing here}, so trying think along those lines without much success.

BenRiceM,
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@aaron_pearce the Home Suite Home Bundle

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