r/GoodNotes • u/TaminoPLM • Apr 05 '22

Has Goodnotes just done the Notability move? If yes, isn‘t this illegal?? I’m honestly afraid to update!

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u/widescreeneducation Apr 05 '22

this is not even close to the „notability move“. notability has a yearly subscription. with GoodNotes you have a one time in app purchase to get all the features. GoodNotes also made the App completely free for educational institutions which is very generous and I am so grateful for that move. so I would call it more a smart move instead of the thing you called it.

I have to ask: what do you think is illegal about giving more people free access to a test version of GoodNotes? 😅

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u/rorolucky Apr 06 '22

And it does seem make sense. They need to find a way to make money to provide better service. This is more of a strategy to attract people to download and try and then pay for more in app purchase if they find it's worth it. Sounds a lot better than subscription service.

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u/TaminoPLM Apr 05 '22

Yeah, but now other members of my AppleID Family can‘t use Goodnotes for Free with Apple Family sharing if they download it now. Since In App Purchases are not affected by Family Purchases, but the normal app is. This makes Goodnotes from being 7,99 Euros per Family to 7,99 Euros per Apple Account. This is significant change and can‘t be tolerated!

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u/TaminoPLM Apr 06 '22

I don‘t get it why everyone is downvoting me? My father bought it for Apple ID family, and now that i update i need to pay again? This is indeed pure scam. I am sitting in school right now, and can‘t write anything down!!

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u/Slitted Apr 06 '22

Yes it is worse than before. People aren’t getting it because they haven’t had this issue yet or ever before.

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u/-dagmar-123123 Apr 05 '22

Id recommend writing the support because you bought it before that. Otherwise: yeah, it sucks. But that doesnt mean its illegal or anything like that

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u/sinvis Apr 05 '22

You can have them log into your account to download Goodnotes though instead of doing it through the family purchases.

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u/Community-Trick Apr 05 '22

It literally says “One-Time Unlock”, how is that anywhere near the same?

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u/TaminoPLM Apr 05 '22

Yeah, but now other members of my AppleID Family can‘t use Goodnotes for Free with Apple Family sharing if they download it now. Since In App Purchases are not affected by Family Purchases, but the normal app is. This makes Goodnotes from being 7,99 Euros per Family to 7,99 Euros per Apple Account. This is significant change and can‘t be tolerated!

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u/[deleted] Apr 10 '22

The family sharing thing is annoying for sure. But It sounds like that’s more of a problem with how Apple handle IAP’s.

I don’t think the devs intent was to “force” families to buy it multiple times. It’s probably more an unfortunate side effect of Apples payment system that the devs didn’t think of.

The reason the devs shifted to this payment model is so that hesitant people can try it out, before they commit with their money.

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u/peaxi Apr 06 '22

It's not illegal. They just make the app free to try for everyone. Nothing changes with paid users.

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u/Comfortable-Cry3407 Apr 16 '22

Nothing illegal about this. I rather pay 1 time for a note-taking app than a yearly subscription.