myrmepropagandist1d ago

hear about a cool new app and think about trying it (animation studio, drawing app, notes organization...)

* find out it's cloud based... but maybe I can work with it.
* find out the file type is unique to that app alone... but maybe there are converters...
* it wants me to subscribe (it's not THAT much...)
* it's got AI in it for some reason

Decide I will use a paper notebook or a txt file instead.

Show threadmyrmepropagandist1d ago
... I will give you ONE maybe TWO hundereds dollars if you just let me HAVE the app. If I can just download it and use it and not need you in my life after.... please...
Show threadmyrmepropagandist
I'm serious try selling some good software. Price it like your time has value. People will scoff and tut, but there are people out there who are desperate. Sell 800 copies not ten thousand.
Mar 26 at 10:51pmWeb
Show threadSco  1d ago
@futurebird here here
Show threadSteve's Place1d ago

@futurebird I get why companies do it. If you sell code for $200 and you have 1000 sales, you have made $200,000. If you sell an annual subscription for $20 to 10,000 people, you have also made $200,000, a portion of which will continue into next year, and the year after. It makes up for not having new ideas for the folks who have to please an investor class desirous of eternal profits.

I also prefer products I can just purchase. I think subscriptions are user-hostile traps to extract money long after the usefulness is gone. Looking at you, Apple TV+, which I'm about to drop in favor of local public radio stations begging for money.