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>>That's a hard pill to swallow, but we should let it sink in. We pour all our creativity, time, and passion into creating basically worthless products. Obviou
by arbuge 13y ago
>>That's a hard pill to swallow, but we should let it sink in. We pour all our creativity, time, and passion into creating basically worthless products.
Obviously not. A cup of coffee is worth $2, period. An app only worth $0.50 to a million people is worth $500k.
- bilbo0s 13y agoSo the question is ... How many apps are worth $0.50 to a million people?
- arbuge 13y agoWell, you're already beating the cup of coffee if they're worth $0.50 to 5 people.
- jbigelow76 13y agoHow long does it take to build an app vs brew a cup of coffee?
- rythie 13y agoA lot of people pay a lot less than $2 for coffee.
- swang 13y agoAuthor is saying a cup of coffee is worth $2 to the customer, but an app is not worth even the $0.50 to that same customer. In this example, you seem to switch out this comparison where instead you compare the cup of coffee the customer buys, to the amount you could possibly make for a $0.50 app bought by a million people.
- arbuge 13y agoAgreed, but the point is that the "total worth" of an app is the total utility that it creates in the world across all its customer base. Of course you're right that to each individual customer the worth remains less than a cup of coffee; if this affects the app writer psychologically, hopefully the size of his/her bank account will be a consolation.