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The guy from Inkdrop [0] makes a living with his note-taking app. He also has a YouTube channel [1] which I found very relaxing. [0] https://www.inkdrop.app ht

by QuiiBz 5y ago

The guy from Inkdrop [0] makes a living with his note-taking app. He also has a YouTube channel [1] which I found very relaxing. [0] https://www.inkdrop.app https://www.inkdrop.app [1] https://www.youtube.com/c/devaslife https://www.youtube.com/c/devaslife

ilrwbwrkhv 5y ago
Ok I can't thank you enough for exposing me to this channel. The aesthetics and vim and the complete coding is so relaxing. Do you have any other channel recommendations like this?
jarl-ragnar 5y ago
Uses a subscription pricing model though. I wonder why he choose that model. Personally I love the Sublime model, buy a license, use it anywhere.
- jventura 5y ago
  I think it syncs the data between instances of the app (on the cloud - 10GB or something like that..).
  - QuiiBz 5y ago
    By default, it's synced on Inkdrop's servers, but you can self-host your own DB if you want. It's well described in the docs: https://docs.inkdrop.app/manual/synchronizing-in-the-cloud https://docs.inkdrop.app/manual/synchronizing-in-the-cloud
    - eps 5y ago
      ... in which case paying per month makes no sense.
- jmcgough 5y ago
  Because a subscription pricing model brings in more money and a more predictable revenue stream. Most people selling apps on a pay-once basis can't afford to support it and develop new features indefinitely, so they move on to the next project and it goes into maintenance mode, only getting updates when a new OS update breaks it. Also needs to pay for the cloud servers running it lol.
  - SPBS 5y ago
    > goes into maintenance mode, only getting updates when a new OS update breaks it. I don't see anything wrong with this. Users buy software because it solves their current problem now, rather than a possible feature in the future. The revenue stream is definitely more reliable though. Just that as a user I wouldn't mind if the software I bought today stays that way forever, and as a developer I wouldn't mind developing software to completion then leaving it as that.
rodolphoarruda 5y ago
I follow him on YT. His videos have an amazing aesthetics, and the tech content displayed is simple mind blogging to me as a non-tech person.
hiyer 5y ago
Seems to be doing quite well too, considering all the hardware on his channel.

by QuiiBz 5y ago

ilrwbwrkhv 5y ago

Ok I can't thank you enough for exposing me to this channel. The aesthetics and vim and the complete coding is so relaxing. Do you have any other channel recommendations like this?

jarl-ragnar 5y ago

Uses a subscription pricing model though. I wonder why he choose that model. Personally I love the Sublime model, buy a license, use it anywhere.

jventura 5y ago
I think it syncs the data between instances of the app (on the cloud - 10GB or something like that..).
- QuiiBz 5y ago
  By default, it's synced on Inkdrop's servers, but you can self-host your own DB if you want. It's well described in the docs: https://docs.inkdrop.app/manual/synchronizing-in-the-cloud https://docs.inkdrop.app/manual/synchronizing-in-the-cloud
  - eps 5y ago
    ... in which case paying per month makes no sense.
jmcgough 5y ago
Because a subscription pricing model brings in more money and a more predictable revenue stream. Most people selling apps on a pay-once basis can't afford to support it and develop new features indefinitely, so they move on to the next project and it goes into maintenance mode, only getting updates when a new OS update breaks it. Also needs to pay for the cloud servers running it lol.
- SPBS 5y ago
  > goes into maintenance mode, only getting updates when a new OS update breaks it. I don't see anything wrong with this. Users buy software because it solves their current problem now, rather than a possible feature in the future. The revenue stream is definitely more reliable though. Just that as a user I wouldn't mind if the software I bought today stays that way forever, and as a developer I wouldn't mind developing software to completion then leaving it as that.

rodolphoarruda 5y ago

I follow him on YT. His videos have an amazing aesthetics, and the tech content displayed is simple mind blogging to me as a non-tech person.

hiyer 5y ago

Seems to be doing quite well too, considering all the hardware on his channel.