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Following up with this: 15-20 years ago, one would pay $40-60 for programs on your computer. Now, people gawk at even paying $4.99 for a mobile app.
by et-al 10y ago
Following up with this: 15-20 years ago, one would pay $40-60 for programs on your computer. Now, people gawk at even paying $4.99 for a mobile app.
- candiodari 10y agoThat's partly because it seems that the odds of ad shenanigans, abandonment and selling user data seems to increase with the price, rather than decrease.
- vacri 10y agoPeople aren't conditioned to pay single-digit-dollars-if-that because of app-side shennanigans. They've been conditioned to pay that because of the vast array of free stuff out there. The difference between 'free' and 'a few dollars' is only a few dollars. The difference between 'free' and 'fifty dollars' is quite a bit.
- tobltobs 10y agoIs there any (non anecdotal) evidence for your bold theory?
- jakobegger 10y agoPeople still pay $40-60 for programs on their computer. Source: I sell a program for $40.
- girvo 10y agoAnd thank you for it! Postico is phenomenal, and so worth the $40 I paid :)
- notzorbo3 10y agoPersonally, mobile apps are worth a lot less to me because basically everything on mobile is an "extra" on top of my normal PC. I can't get any meaningful work done on a mobile phone, so why invest money in apps on it? Especially since there are generally free versions available that are good enough. The only app which I ever paid money for is Locus Map pro, which happens to be an app that only really makes sense to have on mobile.