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Netflix, Adobe etc. would never be able to go with what's essentially a "pay what you like" or "pay what you claim you earn" subscription if that's what you're
by seanwilson 6y ago
Netflix, Adobe etc. would never be able to go with what's essentially a "pay what you like" or "pay what you claim you earn" subscription if that's what you're getting at. Isn't there something more practical than this?
- PaulDavisThe1st 6y agoIf the goal is "never leave money on the table", your strategies will be very different than if you goal is "raise enough income to do something you want to do". To whatever extent Netflix or Adobe are attached to the former goal, then certainly they are not going to offer pay-what-you-say-you-can. Whether that's the best goal for them to have, either for themselves or for society at large, is an entirely different question.
- seanwilson 6y ago> If the goal is "never leave money on the table", your strategies will be very different than if you goal is "raise enough income to do something you want to do". The pay-what-you-say-you-can approach is problematic when you want to "raise enough" when you can't rely on people to be truthful about what a fair price is though. I can easily imagine this killing a niche app that's not making thousands of sales.
- PaulDavisThe1st 6y agoI choose to trust people. Partly because I've seen how corrosive not trusting people frequently ends up.
- dkersten 6y agoYet things like humble bundle have been very successful. Sometimes you have to put cynicism aside and trust that people will support you for it. It doesn’t always work out, of course, but society will be better for it. But in the end you have to decide what is right for you and if your app is super niche then maybe it’s not the way you wish to go.