paid software is a dead idea. a few protected niches, monopolies, people ok with making midling amounts off .99 sales will lnger on. the echo chamber revertabr

paid software is a dead idea. a few protected niches, monopolies, people ok with making midling amounts off .99 sales will lnger on. the echo chamber revertabrates appstore / indie hit but cancels outs the thousands of flops saas, subscrtion, powerups(in app purchase ala zynga), side channel sales (like mint, affiliates, 3d print avatar) and the like are the present and future making "big" money in software. everything else is amature hour and/or playing the lottery