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I'm comparing software to software. I want to buy honest software. If I'm paying $100/year for some program, then I'm expecting that another program with simila
by vbezhenar 6y ago
I'm comparing software to software. I want to buy honest software. If I'm paying $100/year for some program, then I'm expecting that another program with similar cost would require similar amount of engineering effort. I'm ready to pay $100/year for operating system. I'm ready to pay $100/year for sophisticated graphical editor like Photoshop.
Paying similar price for simple software? Well, I would expect something like one-time purchase for $10, that's how much I'm paying usually for those kinds of programs.
It might sound a little bit communistic, I know. Sorry.
If I'm making $20k/year, I could pay $10k for Intellij Idea. Because it's essential for my work. But I'm paying $90, because Idea creators put a reasonable price. May be that's because they're in a hard competition with free tools, I don't know.
- yarcob 6y agoSize of the market is also important. Text editor for 30€ is a good business, everyone needs a text editor. Database client for 30€ is probably a little less profitable, not as many people need that. Client for a specific database like the protein data bank for 30€ -- well, you might sell two or three copies. All of these are probably a similar amount of work, but you can't sell them for the same price. That being said, a menu bar widget has such a huge market that I don't see why they are pricing it so high.
- stjohnswarts 6y agoBecause they can just lower the price more if it doesn't sell as long as they have enough cash to weather the risk at the higher price.