We’ve also revisited the payment dialog for purchasing apps: we’ve implemented better payment card formatting and validation to cut down on errors, we now hide payment details when the fields aren’t focused to cut down on shoulder-surfer surveillance, and we’ve made it more consistent with other authentication dialogs, and consequently clearer that this is a trusted and secure dialog that is in fact coming from elementary OS. For the whole rundown, be sure to read our About AppCenter Payments post from earlier this year. We’ve added a new “Fund” option in the footer of all paid apps, making it easier yet again for users to help directly support the development of an app they’ve already purchased or haven’t even installed. And for developers who provide increased value over the lifetime of an app, this helps increase the chances that their satisfied users will pitch in, even a little bit, at some point.
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This gives users who initially downloaded a paid app for free another easy opportunity to fund development of that app. Security updates will still come through as usual, and users can always choose to pay $0. If a paid app has been downloaded for free in the past, it will now prompt again for a pay-what-you-want purchase when there is a non-security update. Payment support for updates on the Installed page So for Juno, we’ve focused in on making it even easier for users who choose to support developers to pay them for their apps. Danielle Foré Founder & CEO Mon, Feb 5, 2018