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devil's advocate: $100 is a lot of money to spend on a hobby/side gig for a lot of people. Like some of us can blow more than that just on IDE's/Git clients in

devil's advocate: $100 is a lot of money to spend on a hobby/side gig for a lot of people. Like some of us can blow more than that just on IDE's/Git clients in a year, but for some people it's a legitimate hurdle to cross. When I was in high school working on the weekends, that would have been two weeks wages, which I had other stuff to spend on. And that's from a privileged background, I know plenty of folks who's weekend/summer jobs paid towards rent/bills for their families. That said, Apple probably doesn't care about the teenagers or indie devs out there who want to make a little game for their platform. However I'd also say to those folks - if you're strapped for money, don't develop for Apple devices. Go make a doohickey on a windows or Linux box.

FussyZeus 7y ago
> devil's advocate: $100 is a lot of money to spend on a hobby/side gig for a lot of people. Agree. But this isn't some lost nobody. This person has a Wikipedia Page [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathalie_Lawhead https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathalie_Lawhead], is an established game developer and artist, and lives in California. She's won multiple awards and she owns at least one Mac. Like come on. The refusal to drop a hundred bucks on something that is apparently so important to her reeks of good old fashioned stubbornness, or at worst, entitlement, but even then, she has a significant audience. Crowdfund it, cough up and stop whining. Like I don't entirely agree with the $100/year model being the only option from Apple, but we're all paying that particular piper. Why is she so special that hers shouldn't be subject to the same?
- dkonofalski 7y ago
  I'm very curious why you're getting downvoted by a large enough number of people to be de-emphasized but no one has responded to you.
- sukilot 7y ago
  If it's always OK to pay an extra $100/yr on top of all the other Apple purchases, then the market price is actually $infinity. Also, some people may look up to Lawhead as a role model as a programmer/artist but not have awards and lots of $.
  - FussyZeus 7y ago
    > If it's always OK to pay an extra $100/yr on top of all the other Apple purchases, then the market price is actually $infinity. By this logic the cost of anything that you can't own and use ad-infinitum is $infinity. > Also, some people may look up to Lawhead as a role model as a programmer/artist but not have awards and lots of $. What does that have to do with her ability or willingness to pay?

FussyZeus 7y ago

> devil's advocate: $100 is a lot of money to spend on a hobby/side gig for a lot of people. Agree. But this isn't some lost nobody. This person has a Wikipedia Page [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathalie_Lawhead https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathalie_Lawhead], is an established game developer and artist, and lives in California. She's won multiple awards and she owns at least one Mac. Like come on. The refusal to drop a hundred bucks on something that is apparently so important to her reeks of good old fashioned stubbornness, or at worst, entitlement, but even then, she has a significant audience. Crowdfund it, cough up and stop whining. Like I don't entirely agree with the $100/year model being the only option from Apple, but we're all paying that particular piper. Why is she so special that hers shouldn't be subject to the same?

dkonofalski 7y ago
I'm very curious why you're getting downvoted by a large enough number of people to be de-emphasized but no one has responded to you.
sukilot 7y ago
If it's always OK to pay an extra $100/yr on top of all the other Apple purchases, then the market price is actually $infinity. Also, some people may look up to Lawhead as a role model as a programmer/artist but not have awards and lots of $.
- FussyZeus 7y ago
  > If it's always OK to pay an extra $100/yr on top of all the other Apple purchases, then the market price is actually $infinity. By this logic the cost of anything that you can't own and use ad-infinitum is $infinity. > Also, some people may look up to Lawhead as a role model as a programmer/artist but not have awards and lots of $. What does that have to do with her ability or willingness to pay?