BlackBerry puts in the final nail in BB10's coffin
What's the story
BlackBerry Limited, the manager of BlackBerry's brand licensing and software, has decided to put in the final nail in BB10's coffin. The company announced that 1st April 2018 onwards, all paid software on the BlackBerry World app store would be removed, and the payment mechanism in the BlackBerry store would be disabled. Here are the details.
Twitter Post
iPhone programmer Steve Troughton-Smith received BlackBerry's notification
BlackBerry effectively shutting down Blackberry World. Final nail in the BB10 coffin pic.twitter.com/0BbqbCc6Ur
— Steve Troughton-Smith (@stroughtonsmith) February 27, 2018
Details
How the move will affect BlackBerry users using paid content
As stated by the letter, BlackBerry World will become a "free-only storefront" starting from April 1. The company announced that developers willing to continue trading on the portal will have to log in and change their content to "free". Failing to do so would result in the termination of their content from the store. However, apps can still be monetized if the developer supports payments.