H1000 posted:Daniel J. Gonzalez posted:I am a die hard android user, I have never purchased an iPhone in my life. I bought the WIU after purchasing a TIU with remote. Went home hooked everything up, whipped out my android phone and had some fun. Then, I told myself, self, it would be better for you to use your company iPad since it has a larger screen. OOOPPPSSS!!! I need t pay another $25 to access the features on my iPad! That kinda sticks IMO, I am the same person, using the same WIU to control one layout, why does it sound fair to MTH to charge me $50 to run my trains in my personal situation, I am sure others have both Android and IOS devices in their lives.
Last I checked, MTH had one remote, no matter if you are android, IOS, windows, linux, ms-dos, blackberry, palm pilot; the remote doesn't care how many engines you have, doesn't care if you like Star Wars or Star Trek, it just worked.
I am sorry but a successful business, not only grows with the times, but also caters to all possible customers not just those who decide to purchase something going forward.
How can MTH fix this? Isn't this more of a Google & Apple can't share the same app store problem?
Trust me, this isn't the only app in the world where this problem occurs.
How can MTH fix this? Isn't this more of a Google & Apple can't share the same app store problem?
Easy, once someone pays the $25. the WIU features are unlocked physically in the unit itself, not the phone. Once that takes place any phone that connects to said WIU will have all the features unlocked. Its possible but as you can see, cuts the money flow.
Trust me, this isn't the only app in the world where this problem occurs.
Absolutely, I am sure it is not the first app, but of those apps with issues, do you also purchase $1500 engines and $400 control systems. As you can see the expense just seems to keep adding up. If my ringtones app that cost me $.99 doesn't work on my iPad, I honestly can complain but as you can see we aren't comparing apples to apples.
As to those of you that are buying $25.00 tablets. Please do understand one thing, those tablets are probably running and old version of Android, those older versions are usually no longer supported by Google which means security patches are also no longer being pushed out. You go ahead and place your personal info on Android 6.0 if you want but I personally would not recommend doing so, especially that once you log in to a smartphone using your credentials, google and most modern providers, tend to send all of your personal info to that device for convenience sake.
Just a little food for thought. P.s. this applies for those of you still running Windows 7. Your days of a secure environment are counted.
Last I checked, my "15 year old" remote, which is only 1 year old might I add, doesn't share this same security risk.
