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Unfortunately, this is how you beat human psychology. Typical user thought process goes something like the following… “I’m not paying $4.99 for a whozamuzzle
by _mlbt 1y ago
Unfortunately, this is how you beat human psychology. Typical user thought process goes something like the following…
“I’m not paying $4.99 for a whozamuzzle app! That’s ridiculous. Ooh, here’s a free one! Oh look if I pay $1.99 a month for premium I get all these cool extra features! Whoa there’s a deal where if I pay $14.99 I get a lifetime subscription? Sold!”
Yes, an up front one time license fee would be better for users in most cases, but that doesn’t compete well with “free” with an asterisk.
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- squigz 1y agoI do not know a single person whose thought process would come anywhere close to that, frankly. People aren't excited to pay more per month for every tiny app they use. Well... maybe Apple users are, actually?
- _mlbt 1y agoLet me make it more clear, the process goes something like this… 1. I’m not paying that much for an app 2. Oooh that one’s free 3. Oh if I pay for a monthly subscription I get all these cool features 4. If I pay $X I can get those cool features without paying the monthly subscription fee It’s not logical, but it’s essentially why the freemium model works and is the dominant monetization strategy currently.
- guywithahat 1y agoI like being able to see and use the app first. If something really adds value to my life I'm ok paying more than $5 dollars for it, but I don't want to spend $5 before I know that it will work. There are lots of terrible apps, and spending money on a bad one feels like getting scammed
- hedora 1y agoIf curation were better, then I might be willing to just pay $5 for a highly rated app that claims to solve my problem. Of course, if curation were better, the app in the article wouldn't have been approved.