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It is being sold for what, $5 and is actively being supported. I assume that it's being developed by a single developer in their own time. If charging for it le

It is being sold for what, $5 and is actively being supported. I assume that it's being developed by a single developer in their own time. If charging for it lets them make a living from their clearly valuable work then what's the problem? Working on open source is fantastic but most realistic projects are sponsored in some way or form. I doubt that sponsorship works works for an eReader app, so this is a good solution. TLDR; our fellow developer deserves to get paid for their clearly awesome work.

dingaling 8y ago
> our fellow developer deserves to get paid for their clearly awesome work I agree, but it highlights the many-small-cuts problem $5 for an eReader, then a mapping app, file manager, photo editor, mail client... the list of developers deserving support is longer than most people can afford. Eventually a choice has to be made to prioritise. For many people that will mean that a less-used category of app can be fulfilled from F-Droid instead of paying for a more-polished one.
- nambit 8y ago
  Is it really that great? How many apps do we use in our day to day life? Let's say 20 apps that we use regularly. Is $100 too much for lifetime access to these apps?
  - Kaiyou 8y ago
    Lifetime is very misleading. I expect smartphones and apps to become obsolete over the next 40 years. Just like pretty much everything software from 40 years ago is obsolete now.
    - taude 8y ago
      Lifetime in software assumes the lifetime of the app, not the user.
- taude 8y ago
  Wait, so there's say 20 apps someone uses, maybe average $5/each, that's $100 for apps on a device you might pay $800+ for? Doesn't seem that ridiculous....
SECProto 8y ago
> If charging for it lets them make a living from their clearly valuable work then what's the problem? They took an open source app I loved, closed the source, added features I don't need (and ads I definitely don't), making it run slower on my 6-year-old Nexus 7 I use as a reader. I agree with supporting development, but it was feature-complete as an open source app. The roadmap for 3.0, 3.1, and 3.x add nothing of interest to me[1]. I'll happily move to the Book Reader app that someone else mentioned, and contribute anything to it that I can. [1] https://fbreader.org/content/fbreader-3x-android-planned-features https://fbreader.org/content/fbreader-3x-android-planned-fea...

dingaling 8y ago

> our fellow developer deserves to get paid for their clearly awesome work I agree, but it highlights the many-small-cuts problem $5 for an eReader, then a mapping app, file manager, photo editor, mail client... the list of developers deserving support is longer than most people can afford. Eventually a choice has to be made to prioritise. For many people that will mean that a less-used category of app can be fulfilled from F-Droid instead of paying for a more-polished one.

nambit 8y ago
Is it really that great? How many apps do we use in our day to day life? Let's say 20 apps that we use regularly. Is $100 too much for lifetime access to these apps?
- Kaiyou 8y ago
  Lifetime is very misleading. I expect smartphones and apps to become obsolete over the next 40 years. Just like pretty much everything software from 40 years ago is obsolete now.
  - taude 8y ago
    Lifetime in software assumes the lifetime of the app, not the user.
taude 8y ago
Wait, so there's say 20 apps someone uses, maybe average $5/each, that's $100 for apps on a device you might pay $800+ for? Doesn't seem that ridiculous....

SECProto 8y ago

> If charging for it lets them make a living from their clearly valuable work then what's the problem? They took an open source app I loved, closed the source, added features I don't need (and ads I definitely don't), making it run slower on my 6-year-old Nexus 7 I use as a reader. I agree with supporting development, but it was feature-complete as an open source app. The roadmap for 3.0, 3.1, and 3.x add nothing of interest to me[1]. I'll happily move to the Book Reader app that someone else mentioned, and contribute anything to it that I can. [1] https://fbreader.org/content/fbreader-3x-android-planned-features https://fbreader.org/content/fbreader-3x-android-planned-fea...