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I find it strange that it's so normalised to consider something as invasive and manipulative as advertising as the standard method of monetisation. How about tr

I find it strange that it's so normalised to consider something as invasive and manipulative as advertising as the standard method of monetisation. How about trying to make a product so good that it has some intrinsic value that a user wants to pay for?

franga2000 5y ago
Because people won't pay, especially not on Google Play. Even if people do buy it and it's mildly successful, a company from a country where work costs less will clone it and offer it for free with ads - and no price can compete with free.
- TrianguloY 5y ago
  And even if your app is free, clones with ads will still be made and receive downloads.
- matkoniecz 5y ago
  And in turn people are unwilling to pay for fairly good reasons. I decided to pay for one of app with premium features (my the first payment in Google Play). What happened? App was "redesigned" two weeks later with features that I paid for removed. What caused me to not pay for anything else, why I will gladly pay for software which I can download and keep running even if new version is crippled. For example yesterday I bought LibgtBurn for controlling laser cutter, at 80$ price. While I am unwilling to pay 1$ for an app.
  - lupire 5y ago
    So you'd prefer I pay a subscription fee, so you can stop paying when the product goes bad?
    - matkoniecz 5y ago
      I am also really unwilling to pay that, "forever" disappeared in two weeks, "yearly" would disappear in the same way. Maybe if it would really, relay low (below 1$) but that in turn is not sustainable at all. In short, I really see no good way right now to deal with paid apps. Both as an user and as a potential author.
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- 12ian34 5y ago
  If someone else can clone your idea so easily then surely the idea is likely not to have much value anyway? More importantly, my point was more an expression of disappointment that people are too keen to make quick and easy money through something which I consider to be generally deplorable. A large proportion of adverts are FUD exploitation and I don't think it's in the consumers' interests. For me personally, if it came down to a choice between 1. monetisation through ads or 2. earn my living another way, I'd make an effort to pick the latter. I caveat this with the fact that I haven't had to face this choice in life yet.

franga2000 5y ago

Because people won't pay, especially not on Google Play. Even if people do buy it and it's mildly successful, a company from a country where work costs less will clone it and offer it for free with ads - and no price can compete with free.

TrianguloY 5y ago
And even if your app is free, clones with ads will still be made and receive downloads.
matkoniecz 5y ago
And in turn people are unwilling to pay for fairly good reasons. I decided to pay for one of app with premium features (my the first payment in Google Play). What happened? App was "redesigned" two weeks later with features that I paid for removed. What caused me to not pay for anything else, why I will gladly pay for software which I can download and keep running even if new version is crippled. For example yesterday I bought LibgtBurn for controlling laser cutter, at 80$ price. While I am unwilling to pay 1$ for an app.
- lupire 5y ago
  So you'd prefer I pay a subscription fee, so you can stop paying when the product goes bad?
  - matkoniecz 5y ago
    I am also really unwilling to pay that, "forever" disappeared in two weeks, "yearly" would disappear in the same way. Maybe if it would really, relay low (below 1$) but that in turn is not sustainable at all. In short, I really see no good way right now to deal with paid apps. Both as an user and as a potential author.
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12ian34 5y ago
If someone else can clone your idea so easily then surely the idea is likely not to have much value anyway? More importantly, my point was more an expression of disappointment that people are too keen to make quick and easy money through something which I consider to be generally deplorable. A large proportion of adverts are FUD exploitation and I don't think it's in the consumers' interests. For me personally, if it came down to a choice between 1. monetisation through ads or 2. earn my living another way, I'd make an effort to pick the latter. I caveat this with the fact that I haven't had to face this choice in life yet.