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If you can't find 20 people who want to use your app for free in exchange for some testing you haven't got much hope of selling enough copies of it to make it w
by onion2k 2y ago
If you can't find 20 people who want to use your app for free in exchange for some testing you haven't got much hope of selling enough copies of it to make it worthwhile building in the first place.
- redserk 2y agoIf it's a niche enough app, the payment is likely more of a tip jar instead of a full-blown business venture. I pay for a few very niche calculator apps that I wouldn't even be able to find 20 people interested without putting in some effort and asking for friends to ask their friends.
- onion2k 2y agoIt's hard to justify why Google should support Play store apps that appeal to less than 20 people. That sounds like something where side-loading is a very useful alternative to an app store.
- robofanatic 2y agoThey could bump up their membership fee from $25 to $100 like Apple App Store.
- Arnt 2y agoAppeal to fewer than 20 people is one thing, making 20 people install a beta version is quite another. There's a saying, only one of 10k people affected by a bug will report it. Getting early testers is a bit like that, although not as bad as 1/10k.
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- robofanatic 2y agoTotally agree. Even I have a niche app for a specific group. Its tremendously hard for me to find 20 testers. And to be honest the app is pretty simple and doesn’t even require that many testers.
- sunaookami 2y agoNot everyone wants to make money with their apps and not everyone is building apps purely for profit.