XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone   
   From: ithinkiam@gmail.com   
      
   Marion  wrote:   
   > I have an app that I just noticed says I can buy it for 0 dollars.   
   >   buy for $0.00   
   >   
   > What does that even mean?   
   >   
   > In normal operating systems, there's no concept of "purchasing" a   
   > zero-dollar app, as that would just be called a free app (as in beer).   
   >   
   > You don't purchase a free app.   
   > You just install it.   
   >   
   > But Apple has this concept of purchasing everything, I guess.   
   > Even free apps.   
   >   
   > But I've downloaded free apps before on the App Store.   
   > And I don't remember it being called a zero-dollar app.   
   >   
   > But this seemingly has a purchase price that I can "buy" it at.   
   > But what does that blue 0-dollar button even mean in Apple parlance?   
   >   
      
   My guess is that although the app itself is free, the upgrade is classed as   
   an in-app purchase (by the developer) so you have to "pay". The developer   
   has (now) chosen the upgrade fee to be £0.   
      
   I've just upgraded my install to the ad-free and unrestricted speed version   
   for £0.   
      
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