[thijser]

It seems the apps starting to enforce upgrades to pro in ~February of this year.

On the AppBrain page you can see the rating nosedive from 4.6 stars (out of 5) to less than 2: https://www.appbrain.com/app/simple-gallery/com.simplemobile...

[screamingninja]

Developer's response to several of the negative reviews complaining about their data being held hostage:

> Hey, it is just a tiny one time payment, you will never have to pay again :) lf you uninstall the paid app within 2 hours, you are automatically refunded. If you want a refund anytime later just contact us

While I understand and respect the developer's desire to monetize, creating a set of expectations and then pushing an update to require payment for accessing local data feels like ransom. Have to be careful with the trust users place in you.

[andrepd]

Data hostage? All of these apps feature easy and painless import/export of data to an open format.

[prmoustache]

> It seems the apps starting to enforce upgrades to pro in ~February of this year.

Only when installed from Google playstore.

[p0w3n3d]

Yeah but the price is symbolic... and maintaining app on Android, even without adding any features, requires some work to catch up on the changes made to the system