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Ask HN: Has anyone updated an Android app from free to having in-app purchases?

5 pointsby qwerover 9 years ago
I have a popular app and would like to enable some useful premium features using in-app purchases.<p>However, I believe this will require all users to accept new permissions when they update, and there isn&#x27;t an option to explain what the in-app purchases apply to.<p>Has anyone been through this process? What was the effect on your downloads and updates?<p>Thanks!

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on_and_offover 9 years ago
I have not been through the free -&gt; IAP route but each time we have to add a new permission, updates take a hit. A large part of our users never update anyway, so when in addition a manual update is necessary, it takes time.<p>Since our app has a huge server-side part, from time to time we force users to update to mitigate this. That&#x27;s not a solution for every app though.