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Seems like these sorts of things will never work in a paid subscription model. The only way I can see them working is ad supported - show you vouchers for the s

by axod 17y ago

Seems like these sorts of things will never work in a paid subscription model. The only way I can see them working is ad supported - show you vouchers for the shops/restaurants as you pass them etc etc. Maybe it's just me, but would anyone here pay $3.99 per month for this?

thorax 17y ago
I can easily see parents requiring their teenagers to use this software and pay $3.99 a month. They already pay hundreds of dollars a year for things like this: http://www.flexispy.com/spyphone-flexispy-apple-iphone.htm http://www.flexispy.com/spyphone-flexispy-apple-iphone.htm
- axod 17y ago
  Maybe I'm an odd parent but I'd never stoop so low. Maybe a few would, but it still seems like an extremely small market. And surely AT&T could just provide a simple "track this phone" service themselves and cut out loopt altogether for this particular use case.
  - nixme 17y ago
    They already do: https://familymap.wireless.att.com/finder-att-family/welcome.htm https://familymap.wireless.att.com/finder-att-family/welcome... $9.99/month for two family members. $14.99/month for up to five.
- mikeryan 17y ago
  I see this the other way. There's no way in hell I'd want my kids "friends" (who knows who they friend on loopt) seeing where my kid is at. All that being said, I wonder if Loopt could offer a "for parents" app that just allows parents to see where their kids are (w/o all the other app functionality). I'd bet a ton of parents would pay for that.
  - jmatt 17y ago
    I believe that is what he was getting at. So parents can see where their kid's phone is. We all know that teenagers are plenty creative when it comes to sneaking around. 1) drop cell phone at friends house and enable call forwarding. 2) do whatever you want.
sama 17y ago
stay tuned!
- unalone 17y ago
  Piffle, sama, your vote doesn't count. :-P
breck 17y ago
> Maybe it's just me, but would anyone here pay $3.99 per month for this? Probably not, but I think the other 90% of the world might. My cell phone bill is high because I pay $15 extra for tethering. My little sister's cell phone bill is high because she buys ringtones. As much as I think that's a waste, way more people buy the latter than the former.
stse 17y ago
Now? Probably not. If most of my friends were using it? Definitely.

by axod 17y ago

thorax 17y ago

I can easily see parents requiring their teenagers to use this software and pay $3.99 a month. They already pay hundreds of dollars a year for things like this: http://www.flexispy.com/spyphone-flexispy-apple-iphone.htm http://www.flexispy.com/spyphone-flexispy-apple-iphone.htm

axod 17y ago
Maybe I'm an odd parent but I'd never stoop so low. Maybe a few would, but it still seems like an extremely small market. And surely AT&T could just provide a simple "track this phone" service themselves and cut out loopt altogether for this particular use case.
- nixme 17y ago
  They already do: https://familymap.wireless.att.com/finder-att-family/welcome.htm https://familymap.wireless.att.com/finder-att-family/welcome... $9.99/month for two family members. $14.99/month for up to five.
mikeryan 17y ago
I see this the other way. There's no way in hell I'd want my kids "friends" (who knows who they friend on loopt) seeing where my kid is at. All that being said, I wonder if Loopt could offer a "for parents" app that just allows parents to see where their kids are (w/o all the other app functionality). I'd bet a ton of parents would pay for that.
- jmatt 17y ago
  I believe that is what he was getting at. So parents can see where their kid's phone is. We all know that teenagers are plenty creative when it comes to sneaking around. 1) drop cell phone at friends house and enable call forwarding. 2) do whatever you want.

sama 17y ago

stay tuned!

unalone 17y ago
Piffle, sama, your vote doesn't count. :-P

breck 17y ago

> Maybe it's just me, but would anyone here pay $3.99 per month for this? Probably not, but I think the other 90% of the world might. My cell phone bill is high because I pay $15 extra for tethering. My little sister's cell phone bill is high because she buys ringtones. As much as I think that's a waste, way more people buy the latter than the former.

stse 17y ago

Now? Probably not. If most of my friends were using it? Definitely.