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In fairness it wasn’t always like this. People used to buy a box copy of SW for a fair price. then software shops started offering the $.99 app when app stores
by JustSomeNobody 7y ago
In fairness it wasn’t always like this. People used to buy a box copy of SW for a fair price. then software shops started offering the $.99 app when app stores got into vogue. Now they want to migrate everyone to subscription models.
- giobox 7y agoThe definition of “mass market” changed hugely too from the shelved box software era to app stores, so much so that I’m not even sure how fair it is to compare anymore. I’d argue that the majority of customers in the software market didn’t really evolve with the distribution model; phones arguably just expanded distribution to a great many people who previously weren’t software customers of any kind or rarely made software purchases at all (beyond that which came for “free” on their devices), many of whom appear to think paying for software in any fashion is almost unthinkable.
- JustSomeNobody 7y ago> many of whom appear to think paying for software in any fashion is almost unthinkable. I still don't see how the fault lies with the customer. Look at all the software they get to use for free or cheap because the software shops made it available for free (with ads) or cheap ($.99 apps). This is not the customer's fault; they were trained to think this way.
- scarface74 7y agoPeople didn’t buy software - they pirated it. Businesses bought software.