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$20 is a valid price given the user token situation. Tapbots will not reach the cap at the $20 price range and I expect the price to steadily drop as sales drop

$20 is a valid price given the user token situation. Tapbots will not reach the cap at the $20 price range and I expect the price to steadily drop as sales drop off. This way, rather than getting $10 x 100000, they're getting $20 x 1000 + $10 x 50000, etc. Personally, I'm not ready to buy yet. I paid $3 and $5 for Tweetbot for iPhone and iPad and I'm happy with the value they provide me. Does Tweetbot/Mac offer more (and 4-6x more) value than the iOS versions? Probably not to me and not to a lot of other people. That said, it's dangerous to use price as a way to protest the user token limit. You're hearing people complain about the price rather than complain about the user token limit that resulted in the price. And it gives Twitter ammo to point back to Tweetbot and say, "See, it is still possible to make money from clients despite the token limit!" It may have been better to cap out early and have people complain that the app has been pulled, but that would result in sacrificing the product for the cause.

jonknee 14y ago
Why won't they reach the cap? It's only 100,000 users over the entire lifespan of the app. That seems like it could go rather quickly.
- lysol 14y ago
  It's based on their existing token count (double), not a flat 100k. http://tapbots.com/blog/news/dont-panic http://tapbots.com/blog/news/dont-panic
  - msbarnett 14y ago
    The tokens are per client app, so for the iOS client, it's 2 x (whatever their user count was at the time), but for the new Mac app it's 100,000 max.
  - jonknee 14y ago
    No it's not. http://tapbots.com/blog/news/tweetbot-mac http://tapbots.com/blog/news/tweetbot-mac > hese tokens dictate how many users Tweetbot for Mac can have. The app’s limit is separate from, but much smaller than, the limit for Tweetbot for iOS. Once we use up the tokens granted to us by Twitter, we will no longer be able to sell the app to new users. Tapbots will continue to support Tweetbot for Mac for existing customers at that time.
tptacek 14y ago
$20 is a pittance regardless of Tapbots cost structure. The markets for Mac and iOS software are not equivalent; far fewer people buy random applications for their Mac. The prices for these products need to make sense in the context of an actual business, or no rational developer will produce desktop software.

jonknee 14y ago

Why won't they reach the cap? It's only 100,000 users over the entire lifespan of the app. That seems like it could go rather quickly.

lysol 14y ago
It's based on their existing token count (double), not a flat 100k. http://tapbots.com/blog/news/dont-panic http://tapbots.com/blog/news/dont-panic
- msbarnett 14y ago
  The tokens are per client app, so for the iOS client, it's 2 x (whatever their user count was at the time), but for the new Mac app it's 100,000 max.
- jonknee 14y ago
  No it's not. http://tapbots.com/blog/news/tweetbot-mac http://tapbots.com/blog/news/tweetbot-mac > hese tokens dictate how many users Tweetbot for Mac can have. The app’s limit is separate from, but much smaller than, the limit for Tweetbot for iOS. Once we use up the tokens granted to us by Twitter, we will no longer be able to sell the app to new users. Tapbots will continue to support Tweetbot for Mac for existing customers at that time.

tptacek 14y ago

$20 is a pittance regardless of Tapbots cost structure. The markets for Mac and iOS software are not equivalent; far fewer people buy random applications for their Mac. The prices for these products need to make sense in the context of an actual business, or no rational developer will produce desktop software.