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The product you've built the animation for is only for macOS, which is a pity cause it has a way wider appeal than macOS market share is. You have low-hanging f

The product you've built the animation for is only for macOS, which is a pity cause it has a way wider appeal than macOS market share is. You have low-hanging fruits right there, don't miss them.

trvz 2mo ago
macOS covers 90% of people who would ever pay him.
- garganzol 2mo ago
  This is a bizarre claim to make in this case, AI tech is used on all platforms universally.
  - thejazzman 2mo ago
    iOS users spend dramatically more on e-commerce. I worked in e-commerce. Maybe it’s changed in the last 5 years. But that’s where the ops sentiment comes from.
    - tbossanova 2mo ago
      More proportionally or more in total? Just wondering what the cost/benefit calculation is like when deciding how much to invest in the iOS user experience
    - adithyassekhar 2mo ago
      It’s a dark pattern of the platform honestly. I can’t find a single free app even for a tiny utility without being forced into a yearly subscription with 7 days free trial. One of the many things I regret switch from android for. Since the democratic of iphone users are mostly tech averse people I can assure you most of that are forgotten subscriptions.
      - trvz 2mo ago
        Having to pay for stuff you use is not a dark pattern.
  - siva7 2mo ago
    Used, yes. That alone won't pay the bill.
  - jkahrs595 2mo ago
    Literally just google “mac users more likely to pay” and you will find many such instances
    - ahtihn 2mo ago
      Are Mac users more likely to pay? Likely yes. Are the total number of Mac users who pay higher than the total number of Windows users who pay? I kind of doubt it. Windows market share is still much higher than MacOS.
      - garganzol 2mo ago
        Exactly this. It's a well-known statistics that macOS users have ~2x better conversion rate into paying customers, while the rest of the equation is determined by the OS market shares. (I am surprised that such a simple formula creates so much drama for some HN users that they are dare to downvote you for giving the single correct answer to that question)
    - necovek 2mo ago
      One of the hits I got was https://www.networkworld.com/article/665211/byod-mac-users-pay-more-than-windows-users-for-the-same-things-given-a-choice.html https://www.networkworld.com/article/665211/byod-mac-users-p... — so Linux users obviously pay even more when they are interested ;) My point being that this is a bit niche, and overall trends might not apply.
bredren 2mo ago
Thank you for mentioning it and for putting your suggestion in the language you did. That page with the time machine may not make it obvious, but the product does have a linux client! It doesn't have the same app window and summarization of the macos version, but the transcript ingestion engine is efficient and the real value is in leveraging the database it builds using the packaged `/total-recall` or your own use of the api. (which is not yet documented but discoverable) I am building the windows version now. I have been for the past four days. It uses a shared swift-core with the macOS and Linux versions which has been part of the reason it has taken "so long." If anyone is on windows (or linux!) and would be willing to try it either of the clients my email is in my profile, I would be grateful. Also I'm working up a short post with that apocolypto anim now.

The product you've built the animation for is only for macOS, which is a pity cause it has a way wider appeal than macOS market share is. You have low-hanging fruits right there, don't miss them.

trvz 2mo ago

macOS covers 90% of people who would ever pay him.

garganzol 2mo ago
This is a bizarre claim to make in this case, AI tech is used on all platforms universally.
- thejazzman 2mo ago
  iOS users spend dramatically more on e-commerce. I worked in e-commerce. Maybe it’s changed in the last 5 years. But that’s where the ops sentiment comes from.
  - tbossanova 2mo ago
    More proportionally or more in total? Just wondering what the cost/benefit calculation is like when deciding how much to invest in the iOS user experience
  - adithyassekhar 2mo ago
    It’s a dark pattern of the platform honestly. I can’t find a single free app even for a tiny utility without being forced into a yearly subscription with 7 days free trial. One of the many things I regret switch from android for. Since the democratic of iphone users are mostly tech averse people I can assure you most of that are forgotten subscriptions.
    - trvz 2mo ago
      Having to pay for stuff you use is not a dark pattern.
- siva7 2mo ago
  Used, yes. That alone won't pay the bill.
- jkahrs595 2mo ago
  Literally just google “mac users more likely to pay” and you will find many such instances
  - ahtihn 2mo ago
    Are Mac users more likely to pay? Likely yes. Are the total number of Mac users who pay higher than the total number of Windows users who pay? I kind of doubt it. Windows market share is still much higher than MacOS.
    - garganzol 2mo ago
      Exactly this. It's a well-known statistics that macOS users have ~2x better conversion rate into paying customers, while the rest of the equation is determined by the OS market shares. (I am surprised that such a simple formula creates so much drama for some HN users that they are dare to downvote you for giving the single correct answer to that question)
  - necovek 2mo ago
    One of the hits I got was https://www.networkworld.com/article/665211/byod-mac-users-pay-more-than-windows-users-for-the-same-things-given-a-choice.html https://www.networkworld.com/article/665211/byod-mac-users-p... — so Linux users obviously pay even more when they are interested ;) My point being that this is a bit niche, and overall trends might not apply.

bredren 2mo ago

Thank you for mentioning it and for putting your suggestion in the language you did. That page with the time machine may not make it obvious, but the product does have a linux client! It doesn't have the same app window and summarization of the macos version, but the transcript ingestion engine is efficient and the real value is in leveraging the database it builds using the packaged `/total-recall` or your own use of the api. (which is not yet documented but discoverable) I am building the windows version now. I have been for the past four days. It uses a shared swift-core with the macOS and Linux versions which has been part of the reason it has taken "so long." If anyone is on windows (or linux!) and would be willing to try it either of the clients my email is in my profile, I would be grateful. Also I'm working up a short post with that apocolypto anim now.