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It can be because it’s an incentive to create a new, up-to-date app.
by tinus_hn 3y ago
It can be because it’s an incentive to create a new, up-to-date app.
- Tijdreiziger 3y agoNot if the developer isn’t around anymore.
- tinus_hn 3y agoIn a world with only one developer, yes. In the real world, where other developers can create new apps that do the same thing better, more secure, easier or in a more modern way, no.
- Tijdreiziger 3y agoAlso in the real world, where (for any number of reasons) users sometimes prefer older apps regardless, yes.
- tinus_hn 3y agoAnd sometimes users do not get what they prefer and they have to make do with what they get. In the Microsoft world and in the Apple world. Tough luck. It’s not worth living in the past because some hypothetical users want to cling to it. It’s worth promoting innovation because innovation is replacing old things with better new things.
- Etherlord87 3y agoThis is basically the defense of bad deeds: bad deeds inspire others to do good deeds.
- tinus_hn 3y agoNo, the absence of a bad thing creates room for a good thing. Because an old, out of date application is not available, there is a viable market for a new, up-to-date application that serves the same purpose.
- account42 3y agoGee isn't it great when modern businesses don't have to compete with decades old software and can sell you their crapware for whatever price they want because there is no alternative.
- tinus_hn 3y agoThe general idea behind capitalism is that the market provides alternatives. Why would there only be evil giant corporations whose applications are so bad that they would be trumped by those great ancient, obsolete applications? There is also room for small vendors to provide innovative new alternative, and for the open source community to try their hand. The reality is that on the Apple platforms these ancient, obsolete applications are not available and instead there are new, modern, better applications because there is a market for them. While on the Windows platform it’s a big, inconsistent insecure mess because everyone is clinging to obsolete, unsupported software that is barely good enough. By the way, keep pressing that button you think is the disagree button!
- account42 3y agoIs incentivizing churn a good thing?
- tinus_hn 3y agoIs it really fair to characterize replacing a 30 year old app as churn?