In fact, this is SO true, that I think if an app were to charge $2/mo rather than 99c once, I'd be more likely to buy it. As a consumer, and especially as a te

In fact, this is SO true, that I think if an app were to charge $2/mo rather than 99c once, I'd be more likely to buy it. As a consumer, and especially as a tech-aware consumer, I know that something costing 99c is a cheap throwaway piece of plastic from a gumball machine. Anything worth having needs recurring updates, server-side maintenance, etc. 99c once I view as "free", which I view as "junk", which I view as "something I don't need". Rough analogies: "anything that's free, you're not the consumer; you're the product", and "here, you throw this away" -Jim Gaffigan (I think) on flyers and free samples.