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Monthly subscription for a simple app, which basically plays audio files?! srsly?

by sigi45 9y ago

chrisnaoumidis 9y ago
Many apps are very similar approach and provide a lot of value to users - see Headspace and Calm with meditation. These apps, similarly to us, provide effective content and ensure a great experience in developing a productive habit. This productive habit rewards you every day with self-improvement. Would you group these apps in the "srsly?" bucket?
- sigi45 9y ago
  Yes.
purerandomness 9y ago
Yeah, same for Netflix; I can play a video with mpv, why pay for an app playing videos? /s
- sigi45 9y ago
  No. Netflix provides for a small amount of $.$ a huge catalog of movies and tv shows. This app provides for the same amount an App with audio files which content or amount doesn't reflect at all the value it might and probably not provide. And it is a subscription model. WTF. Wtf do you need an subscription model for that? I tell you, because people forget to unsubscribe and thats how they plan on making more money...
  - mindsetalex 9y ago
    Subscription model reflects the ongoing and increasing value that the app provides. If Netflix only had x amounts of movies and you could only watch it once then a subscription model wouldn't make sense. Mindset is designed to be used on a daily basis and we have been and will continue to add value throughout the lifetime of the product. If anyone accidentally renews the subscription we'd be more than happy to refund it because it's not worth destroying a consumer relationship forever for $6.99 :)
    - sigi45 9y ago
      I think and believe that there was someone and thought if they should sell it as subscription or as a package. The reason why subscription won, was money. Its like every other gym membership out there. One day, you will be able to sit in front of the numbers and you will not do the right thing. You will see exactly how many people paid for a year subscription and stopped using the app after 1-3 month. And yo uwill have the number later on on who is having an on going subscription and who is not using it. And you won't stop the subscription for the customer.
      - mindsetalex 9y ago
        We don’t have a yearly subscription so I’m not sure what you’re talking about. If they accidentally renew we will. It makes business sense to keep customers happy and we want our users to really be getting the benefits of the app. I feel that you may have a negative view of the entire subscription model not our application of it :)

Monthly subscription for a simple app, which basically plays audio files?! srsly?

by sigi45 9y ago

Monthly subscription for a simple app, which basically plays audio files?! srsly?

Many apps are very similar approach and provide a lot of value to users - see Headspace and Calm with meditation. These apps, similarly to us, provide effective content and ensure a great experience in developing a productive habit. This productive habit rewards you every day with self-improvement. Would you group these apps in the "srsly?" bucket?

sigi45 9y ago
Yes.

purerandomness 9y ago

Yeah, same for Netflix; I can play a video with mpv, why pay for an app playing videos? /s

sigi45 9y ago
No. Netflix provides for a small amount of $.$ a huge catalog of movies and tv shows. This app provides for the same amount an App with audio files which content or amount doesn't reflect at all the value it might and probably not provide. And it is a subscription model. WTF. Wtf do you need an subscription model for that? I tell you, because people forget to unsubscribe and thats how they plan on making more money...
- mindsetalex 9y ago
  Subscription model reflects the ongoing and increasing value that the app provides. If Netflix only had x amounts of movies and you could only watch it once then a subscription model wouldn't make sense. Mindset is designed to be used on a daily basis and we have been and will continue to add value throughout the lifetime of the product. If anyone accidentally renews the subscription we'd be more than happy to refund it because it's not worth destroying a consumer relationship forever for $6.99 :)
  - sigi45 9y ago
    I think and believe that there was someone and thought if they should sell it as subscription or as a package. The reason why subscription won, was money. Its like every other gym membership out there. One day, you will be able to sit in front of the numbers and you will not do the right thing. You will see exactly how many people paid for a year subscription and stopped using the app after 1-3 month. And yo uwill have the number later on on who is having an on going subscription and who is not using it. And you won't stop the subscription for the customer.
    - mindsetalex 9y ago
      We don’t have a yearly subscription so I’m not sure what you’re talking about. If they accidentally renew we will. It makes business sense to keep customers happy and we want our users to really be getting the benefits of the app. I feel that you may have a negative view of the entire subscription model not our application of it :)