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If I find an app I really like, I usually buy it. Especially upgrades to pro versions to unlock the full feature set. Polished, well made apps are absolutely w

• mlthoughts2018 8y ago
  What I mean is that I’ve never found a case where a purchase was required to get a quality app for some use case. I have a lot of apps on my devices, they are just all free apps with no ads and data collection disabled, presumably made by hobbyists who find that either the projects help promote them to get jobs or just find the satisfaction to be reason enough, and don’t seek financial compensation. Given how ubiquitous free, non-ad-based apps are, it’s surprising to me to hear that people prefer different paid apps more to such a degree that the average spend is about $80. Looking in the data it’s heavily skewed by gaming apps, so I’m guessing that is what drives my surprise. The average dollar spend on other types of apps is much lower. I suppose gaming is an area where it’s harder to find free, no-ad apps. But for music, video, photography, podcasts, writing, sports, productivity, security, banking, etc., there are such high quality free apps without ads that I don’t get it.