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With the risk of sounding overly harsh - If 99$ per annum is a concrete financial risk maybe being a solo developer is not such a good lifepath financially. I i
by fsloth 5y ago
With the risk of sounding overly harsh - If 99$ per annum is a concrete financial risk maybe being a solo developer is not such a good lifepath financially. I imagine anyone capable of deploying an app store app has pretty good skills and is quite hireable.
Of course individual situations can be different, but this is discussion about the "generic situation".
- atomicnumber3 5y agoOne thing I don't like about the iOS model is that 100/yr is a significant barrier to hosting "open source" type apps out of the goodness of your heart. Concrete example: best ssh app on android is ConnectBot which is gratis and free. Best ssh app on iOS is Termius which is crippled by default, nonfree, and requires a $10/mo *subscription* to unlock. I don't mind paying for software I use, but 120/yr for a phone ssh app is too much. And this is the best app on the store, a less costly and freer competitor hasn't emerged. And I can't even sideload my own apps.
- throwaway3699 5y ago> I don't mind paying for software I use, but 120/yr for a phone ssh app is too much. This is because it's much easier to earn money on the long-tail dedicated fans than the masses. Especially when those masses are likely to hate advertising based models with a passion.
- vmladenov 5y agoWhat does Termius offer that Panic’s Prompt doesn’t? One-time fee and Panic make some of the best software I’ve used on Apple devices.
- fsloth 5y agoBuy an Android phone? A Raspberry PI? A Linux box? I don't get it, if a person can't afford to be on a prestige platform like Apple, then that's not a problem, choose another platform.
- thayne 5y agoIf you make an app as a hobby $99/year is quite a lot to distribute something you probably won't make much if any money off of.
- fsloth 5y agoThere is no reason hobbies should be cheap.