Reading Mastodon and listening to podcasts it has become accepted truth that only subscription pricing makes software development sustainable. That having users pay once is irresponsible.
But the underlying fallacy is that every user should make you profit.
To be sustainable your users collectively need to pay you enough and with millions of future users it is very possible to just have income from new users.
You still want to cater to existing users. Their goodwill will bring in new users.
@palmin I’m not entirely sure yet, but based on the unlock premium screen, the new @menubox looks like it might be another app that follows a similar pro model?
Attached: 1 image We're very excited to be able to announce the official release of Menu Box! Menu Box is an app designed to provide beautiful custom menus for use in your advanced Shortcuts. Menu Items are fully customisable, including allowing you to add an SF Symbol, an existing App Icon, or your own image, as well as allowing you to add a data payload to be read in via your Shortcuts. Menu Box helps make your Shortcuts even more powerful and is especially perfect when paired with the Action Button to make your phone even more useful as you go about your life. Find out more at https://menubox.app
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