Opinion: Apple needs a handle on App Store paid-upgrade problem
In late August, The Omni Group, makers of many popular Mac productivity apps and a fixture of the Apple scene from the early days of OS X, announced a tool that would scour a user’s hard drive looking for copies of the company’s software purchased from the Mac App Store.
This software, dubbed OmniKeyMaster, would then turn Mac App Store receipts into Omni’s own licenses, thus giving users access to the company’s upgrade pricing options—which are not normally available through Apple’s sales channel.
Alas, it now seems that the folks from Cupertino have, at least for now, put a damper on Omni’s goals. In a blog post published on Wednesday, Omni CEO Ken Case announced that OmniKeyMaster has been shelved due to complaints from Apple.
Golden gates
Predictably, the news of OmniKeyMaster’s demise has been met with a mix of concern and ire by the blogosphere, mostly (but, surprisingly, not entirely) aimed at Apple. Cupertino’s restrictions imposed on developers who wish to sell through the App Store has caused all sorts of upheaval in the app development world in recent years, and long-time software makers have been forced to either adapt or face the consequences of foregoing a large market for their products.
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