So I think we can all agree that the advent of the App Store was a pretty radical thing a decade ago. It really changed the way the world thought about how you purchased and used software, and filled our lives with an app for anything you could think of. It also ushered in an entirely new guard of developers who were all competing on the same stage as the big, established companies. I don’t think it’s hyperbole to say that it was a revolution. However, in this brave new world of completely digital storefronts, some growing pains have cropped up over the years. I’m sure just about everyone out there has had an experience where an app they loved changed hands from one developer to another and due to the weird nature of the App Store they’ve had to rebuy that very same app under the new developer’s account. It’s actually pretty dang common. In my opinion, it’s not always unreasonable either. Sometimes those things happen, and it’s not a terrible occasional tradeoff for software that is being updated regularly and is more or less a living, breathing thing. Yes, that NES cartridge I bought 30 years ago can be popped into my NES and played today with no issues, and there’s something comforting about that. But that NES game also isn’t getting any updates, it’s the exact same as it was 30 years ago. My apps and games nowadays are always getting updates adding cool new features, and with the low cost of software nowad...