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Path: news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Zaidy036 <Zaidy036@air.isp.spam> Newsgroups: misc.phone.mobile.iphone,comp.mobile.ipad Subject: Re: What does $0 zero dollars mean in Apple app store terminology? Date: Sat, 19 Apr 2025 10:36:11 -0400 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 22 Message-ID: <vu0ccr$14df6$1@dont-email.me> References: <vtv0au$1hfl$1@nnrp.usenet.blueworldhosting.com> Reply-To: Zaidy036@air.isp.spam MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Sat, 19 Apr 2025 16:36:12 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="4f00eddabe478584ebe79ef5560f1faf"; logging-data="1193446"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18zkVU+c8FRy7+tIeFrzehzhtzcQaYQqGQ=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:CKx3uhkeYnK7v/L/raznt4SiPyw= Content-Language: en-US In-Reply-To: <vtv0au$1hfl$1@nnrp.usenet.blueworldhosting.com> On 4/18/2025 10:04 PM, Marion wrote: > I have an app that I just noticed says I can buy it for 0 dollars. > <https://i.postimg.cc/pdNq0Z0G/LANDRIVE-10.jpg> 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? It is free but to simplify the web site uses $0 and the same program to process the order.