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Surprised HN hasn't taken this down - in the time i've browsed through this site anything that goes against monetizing a user is blasphemy. Given that most of H
by therobot24 13y ago
Surprised HN hasn't taken this down - in the time i've browsed through this site anything that goes against monetizing a user is blasphemy. Given that most of HN are developers of some sort I gave the benefit of the doubt, this is how they make their money blah blah blah. More to the point, this article organizes all my complaints and then some. Agree with it or not, whenever I see a new start-up or app or whatever I immediately think, "I don't want to give you $1.99, even if I pay more for chips that go stale." Too much competition makes me very untrustworthy to buy anything.
- rrradical 13y agoI think your point about this audience is a fair one (and I myself make games for iOS), but I have trouble understanding the complaints. My attempt to summarize: - Charging up front won't work (some 2.99 apps are terrible therefore this one might be also) - Free w/IAP for features are annoying because you can never truly buy the whole app - Free is scary because of the way companies monetize free users Each of those is true individually, but that doesn't leave a lot of options for a developer. I don't the market is terrible because developers are so good at taking advantage of people. Rather, customers are willing to choose low quality apps over high quality apps if they are marginally cheaper.
- therobot24 13y agoYea it's something of an impossible situation, and that really sucks. I would gladly give money to something that would enrich my life somehow, but trudging through the crap isn't worth it. Most of the time is wasted trying to figure out exactly what it is i'm looking for, as opposed to looking for that one app that fits my need.