Avoid Blogo (updated)
Version 3.0.11: Still ★☆☆☆☆.
Its nice that Blogo is finally making Version 2.0 available to us "old timers" (minus any bug fixes) but the fact still remains, this App still requires an account and a grossly over-priced subscription to use properly. Save your money and purchase MarsEdit instead.
Version 3.0.10: Dear Blogo,
Want me to give you five-stars instead of one? Give me back the functionality in 2.0 that you took away from me when you forced this 3.0 "stuff" down our throats. I get that you instituted the subscription to curb piracy, but the way you went about doing it was unfair, unscrupulous, unethical, and should be unlawful.
Suffice it to say you ended up upsetting the one group that actually mattered, your customers that bought and paid for your software and supported you in the past.
And for what? Do you honestly believe the so-called "pirates" you were so concerned about care? Studies have shown time and time again that people who pirate software rarely ever would have paid for the software to begin with.
So congratulations for shooting yourself in the foot.
Because now youve GUARANTEED that I wont spend another penny on anything you or your Company does now and in the future.
Version 3.0.9: Now youre just posting updates to wipe out mine (and the other) negative reviews. *Nothing* new posted in the changelog.
Version 3.0.8: Still not worth $120 or even $70 a year. We all know why youre doing these rapid releases, so you can try to hide the negative reviews. Were not buying it Blogo. We dont want a subscription. Were already nickel & dimed enough in our lives as it is.
Version 3.0.7: Nothing new in this update justifies me changing my review. AVOID AT ALL COSTS. Blogo has become a rip-off.
Note to Blogo Corp: You can restore some customer goodwill by providing a link to download the last version of Blogo 2 to your customers. At least that way those of us who CANT use your blatant rip-off of a subscription service can still manage our blogs.
Version 3.0.6: Nothing new in this update justifies me changing my review. AVOID AT ALL COSTS. Blogo has become a rip-off.
Version 3.0.5: Releasing fast updates with no real substantial bug-fixes or features only serves the purpose for erasing the negative reviews. Were not buying-it, Blogo. You can show a sign of good-faith to your current and former customers by making Version 2.x of Blogo (that didnt require a subscription) available for download on your website.
Version 3.0.4: BE CAUTIOUS of 5-star reviews when the user has only ever posted ONE review on the App Store. Im not saying that theres any astroturfing going on here, but you owe it to yourself to look at ALL the reviews for the most recent versions of this app and draw your own conclusions.
Purchased the original Blogo back in 2006-2007 timeframe back when it had a rabbit for a logo (at least I think that was a rabbit). And that version was EPIC. It was good. It was AWESOME. Yes it had bugs, but it did EVERYTHING I wanted it to do and more.
Then Blogo went away for YEARS.
It resurfaces and is re-written, and I purchased THAT (this) software. It was like $15-$25 but woth it.
Now Blogo wants me to fork over even more money? For what?
Aside from the fact I dont want my data to be syncd to remote servers, $10 per month is wholesale too much to charge. I pay Netflix $10/ month, and they bring me House of Cards. What has Blogo brought me other than new ways of asking me for money? Youve given me 3 years of "pro" service for being a long time customer. Thats nice. Thank you. But you failed to take into account that I manage blogs and content for several people and Id rather not have disparate types of content and accounts co-mingled with my own.
But hey! WordPress 4.5 was released and theyve done a FANTASTIC job on the content editor, and it now even has responsive previews built in!
Uninstalling.
Remember kids, there are cheaper and better alternatives.
SciFiFanGA about Blogo - Powerful blog editor, v3.0.11
