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0 pointsyumraj1y ago0 comments

> People are greedy af.

Personally, for smaller developers, I attribute this more to ignorance than malice (greed). Pricing is hard so they just look around and pick what they see happening around them without taking a moment even to think, forget about doing actual research.

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hiatus1y ago

These smaller developers go through the trouble of building an app and getting verified for distribution on the App Store but don't give even a moment's thought to pricing? Surely the easiest option is free compared to some arbitrary monthly price and having to set up payments, etc.

fragmede1y ago

"having to set up payments, etc"

people (including me) complain about apple taking a 30% cut from developers, but for that money, they do make that part easy.

mewpmewp21y ago

But why should people do apps for free?

hiatus1y ago

I never said "they should do apps for free". I was rebutting the idea that small app developers don't give any thought to pricing and just use a monthly subscription, which sounds like more work than just giving it away for free. If they landed on a subscription model they must have given it _some_ thought.

Zambyte1y ago

People should be paid to do something, rather than be paid for something they did.

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yumrajOP1y ago

Obviously they want to be paid.

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