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In isolation, you may not think free app is worth its time, but when a friend tells you to checkout this thing, suddenly perspective change.
by ramshanker 9y ago
In isolation, you may not think free app is worth its time, but when a friend tells you to checkout this thing, suddenly perspective change.
- taylodl 9y agoIndeed it does and your friend has provided a valuable service - they've searched and reviewed the app for you. This applies to free and paid-for applications. I've had apps I've recommended to friends where it turns out they were looking at the app but wondered whether it was worth $4.99. After seeing it they happily paid the $4.99. I ribbed them about their reluctance to pay the $4.99, given the cost of their daily Starbucks habit, and essentially what they responded was they're accustomed to apps being bad, but free. They're suspicious that paid-for apps are just as bad, but not free. This is anecdotal, but if it represents the attitude of the user community at-large then it goes a long way to explaining the state of apps today: no one is expecting them to be any better than they are.