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What no one seem to mention is the mentality that software should cost almost nothing. The other day I researched an alternative to MS Word for Mac and found Ni
by submeta 5y ago
What no one seem to mention is the mentality that software should cost almost nothing. The other day I researched an alternative to MS Word for Mac and found Nisus Writer Pro. Immediately fell in love with it and did not hesitate a second before paying 65 Euros for this beautiful app. My colleague went like „Woah, that‘s expensive.“ Really? We pay so much for so many things, why not value a good product and pay the price. This colleague buys several cups of coffee a day (!) for almost four euros each, and thinks software should cost almost nothing.
And this is a mentality that I see very often. When I read software reviews they go like: „xyz is a pretty decent piece of software, but at 50 Euros it is a rather expensive piece.“ WTF.
- janandonly 5y agoWell, 50 or more euros for an RTF text editor (with versioning support) is a bit.... rich?
- badsectoracula 5y agoWell, the mentality exists because pricing is largely based on what people believe they should pay and when they can find a ton of high quality and/or high complexity (that many people can confuse with quality) for free, it makes sense that the perceived value of software becomes zero.
- pjmlp 5y agoWhen people go buy physical goods they don't pay what they think they should pay at the cashier, unless they are at a street bazaar and even then, it depends pretty much on their negotiation skills.