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Why you think people expect free? People buy expensive games on consoles and steam, some developers buy expensive IDEs,editors, subscription to services. The on

Why you think people expect free? People buy expensive games on consoles and steam, some developers buy expensive IDEs,editors, subscription to services. The only expectation is that crap should be free, like you made a shit TODO app in a weekend why would someone pay for it? I agree, a simple way to free trial an mobile application would help, also have the greedy giants tax apps exactly the same how themselves pay taxes (only on profit and only after all possible loopholes are used)

Y-bar 4y ago
From numerous places I get this impression: 1. Family and friends often refuse to download even cheap apps that I recommend, even though they are from known publishers and of high quality with good reviews. 2. Colleagues at work express a similar sentiment, even at a programmer-centric place of work few are willing to pay for software on their phones. 3. On r/apple and r/ios I meet this sentiment a lot as well. 4. 92% of the Apple App Store apps are free to download, and 96% of Google Play Store are free to download, this helps with the impression that free is the default. 5. Free apps are generally higher rated: https://www.statista.com/statistics/879863/customer-ratings-of-ios-applications-free-paid/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/879863/customer-ratings-...
- simion314 4y ago
  What would be such a innovative app that people won't pay 1 dollar for it? Maybe there are free software alternatives that are good enough.
  - Y-bar 4y ago
    Most recently, I recommended Hidgets to someone who wanted additional Health App widgets on their dashboard. But it costs money, so they hesitated and did ultimately not purchase it. https://apps.apple.com/us/app/hidgets/id1533426260 https://apps.apple.com/us/app/hidgets/id1533426260
    - simion314 4y ago
      Is that app innovative in your opinion? We had people creating widgets for Linux desktop 20 years ago. That person probably decided to maybe he can open the health app for free or maybe find some script that does it (not sure if Apple let's you script your phone or you need to first ask permission). I would pay for an app if either it saves me time by doing some of my work for me or if is entertaining like a game.
      - Y-bar 4y ago
        Innovative? Absolutely-effing-lutely. Inventive? (the word some people use when they actually say innovative). Not so much. Only a handful software applications over the past 50 years deserve that title. Seems like moving goalposts here. Why does it have to be innovative to deserve a few minutes of my income? Why is not the value in of itself?
        simion314 4y ago
        This entire thread was about this Innovative apps that people don't pay for. I can believe that people won't pay for some shitty apps that you spend 2 minutes on a year. But for sure there are people that don't pay for apps, my parents don't have a credit card connected to their device, I told them that all they actually need is free and not risk buying garbage or get scammed.

Y-bar 4y ago

From numerous places I get this impression: 1. Family and friends often refuse to download even cheap apps that I recommend, even though they are from known publishers and of high quality with good reviews. 2. Colleagues at work express a similar sentiment, even at a programmer-centric place of work few are willing to pay for software on their phones. 3. On r/apple and r/ios I meet this sentiment a lot as well. 4. 92% of the Apple App Store apps are free to download, and 96% of Google Play Store are free to download, this helps with the impression that free is the default. 5. Free apps are generally higher rated: https://www.statista.com/statistics/879863/customer-ratings-of-ios-applications-free-paid/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/879863/customer-ratings-...

simion314 4y ago
What would be such a innovative app that people won't pay 1 dollar for it? Maybe there are free software alternatives that are good enough.
- Y-bar 4y ago
  Most recently, I recommended Hidgets to someone who wanted additional Health App widgets on their dashboard. But it costs money, so they hesitated and did ultimately not purchase it. https://apps.apple.com/us/app/hidgets/id1533426260 https://apps.apple.com/us/app/hidgets/id1533426260
  - simion314 4y ago
    Is that app innovative in your opinion? We had people creating widgets for Linux desktop 20 years ago. That person probably decided to maybe he can open the health app for free or maybe find some script that does it (not sure if Apple let's you script your phone or you need to first ask permission). I would pay for an app if either it saves me time by doing some of my work for me or if is entertaining like a game.
    - Y-bar 4y ago
      Innovative? Absolutely-effing-lutely. Inventive? (the word some people use when they actually say innovative). Not so much. Only a handful software applications over the past 50 years deserve that title. Seems like moving goalposts here. Why does it have to be innovative to deserve a few minutes of my income? Why is not the value in of itself?
      - simion314 4y ago
        This entire thread was about this Innovative apps that people don't pay for. I can believe that people won't pay for some shitty apps that you spend 2 minutes on a year. But for sure there are people that don't pay for apps, my parents don't have a credit card connected to their device, I told them that all they actually need is free and not risk buying garbage or get scammed.