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- apexalpha 2y ago"The game is paid, but if someone would like a promo code to try it please let me know below. " right in the opening post.
- imjonse 2y agoThe author explicitly said to ask for one if needed, why would it be appalling?
- baggachipz 2y agoBecause it's 95 cents. Even with the author offering it, going through the process of requesting, accepting, and entering the code is effort to save 95 cents. It's 95 cents.
- anal_reactor 2y agoYes but it's more interesting than just spending 95 cents. That's also the reason why I still pirate stuff - the process itself is fun.
- aziaziazi 2y agoThe average developer salary in India is $7,725. That is 14 times less than the $110.140 in the US. 14$ value might be seen as too much to try some small game.
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- apexalpha 2y agoAuther says "would like" not "need". You guys are looking to fight a problem that doesn't exist.
- imjonse 2y agothe author correctly intuits that a bunch of free users that may spread the word are worth more than N*0.95$ so the outrage on display here is not only unnecessary but counterproductive too
- ensignavenger 2y agoYour rash judgement of other users is against the HN guidelines. You have no idea what the folks asking financial position is. I was HN user way back in the day when I was dirt poor.
- meiraleal 2y agoI don't mind $1. I do mind paying to test someone else's app, that's quite the growth hack.
- appsDev 2y agoI agree. I don't want people to pay to test though, since the app is already on the App Store and ready to be sold. If someone still wants the promo code though I am happy to provide it here :)
- freedomben 2y agoThis is a huge and diverse community. Yeah the successful founders with exit can easily afford the $1. The highly paid SWEs and other engineers can afford it. Some people can't. I've been in that boat, and may be at some point again in the future, but I'll still be on HN.
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- evilduck 2y agoAre you referring to the sum total of two comments asking for a promo at the time you posted this? Hyperbolic top level comments with phrasing like "the number of people" to make it sound large and extreme and calling it "appalling" when the author is offering promo codes in their post and people are subsequently requesting them is the actual bad behavior here.
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- appsDev 2y agoI appreciate the sentiment honestly. I am a student and so honestly don't have a ton of money myself, which is why I wanted to give the option to try it for free for those on this thread (for any reason, not just saying if they are a student or low on money). Obviously I really appreciate those who are buying it though :)
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- qq66 2y agoThis isn’t a community of people interested in playing casual mobile games. Their interest in playing this game can be assumed to be low. The author is trying to have a discussion about the game and might get more interesting feedback from people who can play the game, and is explicitly offering promo codes because of this. And, $1 is material to many people.
- david422 2y agoHonestly, there are people that will always want free stuff, and that just needs to be accepted. Free users can give feedback, can spread info by word of mouth, and can also turn into paid users. A smart developer will try to use them as an asset - which seems to be the authors intention by offering promo codes.