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mc48

mc48

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I just got a message that Astro is only in beta and will expire in 2 days. Does anyone else know about this? will they be offering a new beta or a free version? if you have to pay for it is it worth it, or is there another free file explorer (not in beta) that is as good or better?
 
I believe the deal is that they have released a new ad-supported version of this app. The version you have now will expire, you just need to update to the new version with ads.
 
Thats stupid and I chose not to update as soon as I read comments about the update makin you pay for it at a later time

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gotweed said:
Thats stupid and I chose not to update as soon as I read comments about the update makin you pay for it at a later time

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Yeah, you wouldn't want the developers to make any money off of their work! And you don't have to pay for it, you can use the ad-supported version.
 
Yeah - trying to make money for their work -how DARE they?!?

I use Astro quite a bit, I'll be going for the paid version.
 
^ Agreed. It's always nice to support your developers if they have designed a nice product that you are happy with. I think I would want to be compensated in such a case; especially if it's a means to a livelihood.
 
There is always ES File Explorer basically the same deal, no adds (yet), and smaller footprint. Oh, and was never advertised as a Beta, so if the day comes to update to better, ad supported version, you can stick with it. But, it is good to support your dev if you REALLY love an app.
 
The ads are small and at the bottom... not really a big deal (after all, it is FREE). For some reason mine defaulted to "detailed" list view, which made each entry very large... didn't like that so I turned it off in the options, and now it's back to normal ;)
 
I don't have a problem paying for a good app, but in this case, EStrong has a free no-ad alternative that is just as good, so I chose to switch.
 
There are ads in the Estrongs app, but only in the help menu. I'm all for ads if it pays the dev and lets me keep a great free app.
 
IzelTokatl said:
There is always ES File Explorer basically the same deal, no adds (yet), and smaller footprint. Oh, and was never advertised as a Beta, so if the day comes to update to better, ad supported version, you can stick with it. But, it is good to support your dev if you REALLY love an app.
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I think I like the layout of this one better than Astro. Good find.
 
Hmm I wasn't aware of the alternative (EStrong's). Looks pretty nice. The only thing I don't like about ES so far is how slow the image thumbnails display when scrolling through an album with a lot of pics in it... Astro is very fast with this... I dunno, maybe I'll just keep both and see which I like better over time. I don't think the ads in Astro are reason to say "OMG UNINSTALL" because they're not very intrusive, but I do like having alternatives and seeing which is best for me. We shall see! :D

Thanks for mentioning ES - never knew about that one.
 
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