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All that will happen is that all software will move to a SaaS or IAP model. As well as making the most expensive price the same globally e.g. buying apps in Ba
by threeseed 2y ago
All that will happen is that all software will move to a SaaS or IAP model.
As well as making the most expensive price the same globally e.g. buying apps in Bangladesh to resell in the US.
Making the entire industry worse off for everyone else except you.
- Gud 2y agoOr lower the prices for everyone. Why does Adobe Photoshop still cost a small fortune. Hasn’t improved much for the last two decades has it? Why can’t I rent it from my buddy for the few hours a month I might use it?
- threeseed 2y agoThere is a 20x difference in the price of Youtube across various countries: https://www.androidauthority.com/youtube-premium-cost-around-the-world-3410557/ https://www.androidauthority.com/youtube-premium-cost-around... The idea that every developer is going to reduce their revenue by 20x is delusional.
- braiamp 2y agoThat's regional pricing.
- anticensor 2y agoOr, take the geometric mean of all the existing prices.
- tpmoney 2y agoDoes it really cost a “small fortune”? You can “rent” Photoshop from Adobe for 3¢ an hour. Way back when you could buy a permanent license for PS, you were looking at about $700, which is just shy of 3 years at the current subscription rates.
- mrweasel 2y ago> All that will happen is that all software will move to a SaaS or IAP model. Seems a little to late for that, everything is a bloody in-app purchase or subscription already. I really wish I could filter out apps with in-app purchases or subscriptions when searching the app store, but that would probably ruin the business of countless companies.