# App-pocalypse Now

**URL:** <https://discourse.codinghorror.com/t/app-pocalypse-now/10>\
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**Created:** [February 24, 2014, 12:00am UTC](https://discourse.codinghorror.com/t/app-pocalypse-now/10 "2014-02-24T00:00:00Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 25, 2014, 12:00am UTC](https://discourse.codinghorror.com/t/app-pocalypse-now/10/23 "2014-02-25T00:00:00Z")

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Since the app ecosystem is generally closed, why aren’t apps available as Shareware, with 30/45/60 day trials, or with no-questions-asked refunds within 48 hours of buying?

What you said about coffee-vs apps is spot on. I’ve bought some totally rubbish apps and now it’s a hard sell to get me to buy any. Competing apps in a field (e.g. PDF marking up on iPad)? I can’t try before I buy, so I haven’t bought…

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