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It's not that OP shouldn't be making money, it's that ads would be the wrong way to make money. The HN crowd is not going to put up with huge ad banners when th
by halflings 8y ago
It's not that OP shouldn't be making money, it's that ads would be the wrong way to make money.
The HN crowd is not going to put up with huge ad banners when there are plenty of HN reader apps without them.
- scarface74 8y agoSo they should pay for the ad free version. I'm sure most people on HN can afford it.
- tomcatfish 8y agoThere already are several non-advertisement clients though. You can't charge to get a feature another client already has unless your other features are worth that cost
- scarface74 8y agoIf he is writing the app so he can learn and just be a corporate drone (no judgement, I'm a proud corporate drone) then give it away for free. If he wants to learn how to be an entrepreneur, he should do an assessment of what's out there and find a competitive advantage that would make people willing to pay some money.