I genuinely don't see what's wrong with that tbh. The updates don't pay for themselves. It's kind of ridiculous people expect lifetime development for a single $5 fee or something
What does the subscription weather app even do?
It funds the exorbitantly expensive costs of constantly tracking and updating weather
The biggest reason nobody wants to develop apps for Android is because everyone just mods your app's APK to either be ad-free or unlock the Premium version for free. Nobody's actually willing to pay the dev for their work
Introduce this to iOS too and I can imagine app quality going down here as well. I'd rather this not be a thing. People iPhones and Android phones for fundamentally different things.
If someone wants an open-source phone they can just get an Android phone. What's the point of making all phones alike though? This only reduces choice for people who don't want an open-source phone