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As someone who's launched a few apps myself, that wasn't the strangest part. People will throw down a fiver without hesitation or thought for mediocre coffee bu
by noonespecial 7y ago
As someone who's launched a few apps myself, that wasn't the strangest part. People will throw down a fiver without hesitation or thought for mediocre coffee but spend hours agonizing over a $1.99 app. And still be angry about it a month later if it didn't perfectly meet their expectations.
Humans are just odd.
- bsenftner 7y agoTry offering a free product - you'll meet real assholes.
- orbifold 7y agoWell you can drink coffee, whereas most apps are garbage and not useful.
- menzoic 7y agoIt doesn't seem odd when you consider the effects of supply and demand. Many players in the app market are willing to price their apps much lower than the price of a cup of coffee. Maybe the way we got here is odd, but maybe not since initially apps didn't come with business models, the culture could've extended from there. I wouldnt undervalue coffee production either, producing a cup of coffee actually does cost more than digitally replicating and distributing an application. The microeconomics are much different.
- crankylinuxuser 7y agoCoffee is tangible. Physical things are tangible. I can drink coffee and it tastes good and wakes me up. Digital artefacts on a sharecropper platform where content and applications can be removed, "upgraded" aka less features. It's not something I 'have' so yeah the $2 could very well be smoke and mirrors.