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US $ 1.49 to access Hacker News content through an app?! This should be open source and free.

by chappi42 14y ago

andrewcooke 14y ago
cool; please post here when you're done.
- chappi42 14y ago
  browser is fine, thanks; yeah, cool, take other people's content and monetize...
  - negrit 14y ago
    Yeah cool, can you work for me for FREE ? But nice troll.
    - chappi42 14y ago
      Why should Quixby be allowed to scalp the content for FREE?
      - negrit 14y ago
        Nice try friday troll !
        chappi42 14y ago
        Don't know why you wrote this (two times). Probably too oldfashioned I am, but at least you seem to be ok (http://portfotolio.net/t0t0_ http://portfotolio.net/t0t0_). Bonne soirée!
      - tommy_ 14y ago
        You are not paying for the content, you are paying for an alternate way to consume the content.
      - suhastech 14y ago
        Feed readers, Apple, Google and every other search engine. etc?
jeremyarussell 14y ago
Why exactly should it be free and open source? Because last time I checked hacker news isn't specifically free or open source, it's news for hackers, and it's parent company (ycombinator) tailors itself to startups and investors. Both of which want to make money, so I'm not really getting how you came to your conclusion. I for one don't mind paying $1.49 for an app, I just spent 5 dollars on coffee...
- chappi42 14y ago
  I can't give a real argument. It would be more out of respect to the content which originates from other people and quite often deals in topic which are open/free. But 1.49 is not much and if it helps the dev...
  - gknoy 14y ago
    I agree somewhat with you, though. If the app were free, I'd install it in a heartbeat. I'd wish there were a way to select it now for installation on my home machine before I get home, if that were possible. With a price on it, I suddenly have to go through the hassle of attaching a payment method to my Windows Store account (something which I've been EXTREMELY hesitant to do). It's enough of a barrier to entry that I am likely to fob it off as something to do Later (as I can read HN quite well in my browser), rather than go through that added hurdle. If I already had payment info entered for my Store account, that barrier to me buying it would be much lower: rather than having to consider both the time and money investment, I'd only have to say "Eh, it's a buck fifty", and would be much more likely to buy it. As it is, my interest has waned from "I must install this yesterday" to "I'll have to think about it".
- jonchris 14y ago
  agree
yitchelle 14y ago
I don't mind that the dude is charging $1.49 for his efforts, but the code should be open sourced!
- heyitsnick 14y ago
  Why?
  - cryowaffle 14y ago
    Because yitchelle wants it free. We bait so many flamewars around here on questions we already know the answer to.
    - heyitsnick 14y ago
      I'm asking why should it be open source, not why does yitchelle want it open source. I'm was actually asking genuinely, perhaps there was a reason yitchelle felt there was a moral reason it should be open source. Perhaps I misinterpreted yitchelle's comment, I read should in the absolute sense of 'it's morally correct', not in the jovial 'i'd like to chcek out the source!'. But i certainly wasn't baiting any flamewar.
  - yitchelle 14y ago
    Why not?
- guiambros 14y ago
  Would you do something with it, if it was open source? I can't understand people begging to have everything open sourced, but unwilling to dedicate time to write a single line of code (or patches, or testing, or documentation). Yes, it's okay for developers to invest their own time to develop something, and try to recover their costs by selling it. And it's also ok if they decide to keep it closed source, because probably no one would bother to help. Just vote with your money. (posted using news:yc on iOS, that I paid $2.99. And it's open source btw).
  - 14y ago

US $ 1.49 to access Hacker News content through an app?! This should be open source and free.

andrewcooke 14y ago

cool; please post here when you're done.

chappi42 14y ago
browser is fine, thanks; yeah, cool, take other people's content and monetize...
- negrit 14y ago
  Yeah cool, can you work for me for FREE ? But nice troll.
  - chappi42 14y ago
    Why should Quixby be allowed to scalp the content for FREE?
    - negrit 14y ago
      Nice try friday troll !
      - chappi42 14y ago
        Don't know why you wrote this (two times). Probably too oldfashioned I am, but at least you seem to be ok (http://portfotolio.net/t0t0_ http://portfotolio.net/t0t0_). Bonne soirée!
    - tommy_ 14y ago
      You are not paying for the content, you are paying for an alternate way to consume the content.
    - suhastech 14y ago
      Feed readers, Apple, Google and every other search engine. etc?

jeremyarussell 14y ago

Why exactly should it be free and open source? Because last time I checked hacker news isn't specifically free or open source, it's news for hackers, and it's parent company (ycombinator) tailors itself to startups and investors. Both of which want to make money, so I'm not really getting how you came to your conclusion. I for one don't mind paying $1.49 for an app, I just spent 5 dollars on coffee...

chappi42 14y ago
I can't give a real argument. It would be more out of respect to the content which originates from other people and quite often deals in topic which are open/free. But 1.49 is not much and if it helps the dev...
- gknoy 14y ago
  I agree somewhat with you, though. If the app were free, I'd install it in a heartbeat. I'd wish there were a way to select it now for installation on my home machine before I get home, if that were possible. With a price on it, I suddenly have to go through the hassle of attaching a payment method to my Windows Store account (something which I've been EXTREMELY hesitant to do). It's enough of a barrier to entry that I am likely to fob it off as something to do Later (as I can read HN quite well in my browser), rather than go through that added hurdle. If I already had payment info entered for my Store account, that barrier to me buying it would be much lower: rather than having to consider both the time and money investment, I'd only have to say "Eh, it's a buck fifty", and would be much more likely to buy it. As it is, my interest has waned from "I must install this yesterday" to "I'll have to think about it".
jonchris 14y ago
agree

yitchelle 14y ago

I don't mind that the dude is charging $1.49 for his efforts, but the code should be open sourced!

heyitsnick 14y ago
Why?
- cryowaffle 14y ago
  Because yitchelle wants it free. We bait so many flamewars around here on questions we already know the answer to.
  - heyitsnick 14y ago
    I'm asking why should it be open source, not why does yitchelle want it open source. I'm was actually asking genuinely, perhaps there was a reason yitchelle felt there was a moral reason it should be open source. Perhaps I misinterpreted yitchelle's comment, I read should in the absolute sense of 'it's morally correct', not in the jovial 'i'd like to chcek out the source!'. But i certainly wasn't baiting any flamewar.
- yitchelle 14y ago
  Why not?
guiambros 14y ago
Would you do something with it, if it was open source? I can't understand people begging to have everything open sourced, but unwilling to dedicate time to write a single line of code (or patches, or testing, or documentation). Yes, it's okay for developers to invest their own time to develop something, and try to recover their costs by selling it. And it's also ok if they decide to keep it closed source, because probably no one would bother to help. Just vote with your money. (posted using news:yc on iOS, that I paid $2.99. And it's open source btw).
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