Plus42 Pricing and documentation

[bxparks]

(11-07-2023 11:29 AM)Thomas Okken Wrote:  Well, so far the number of Plus42 users on Android and iOS is about 1% of the number of Free42 users. That suggests that a very large fraction of people think even €10 is too expensive.

I paid for my Plus42 (even though I don't use it) and I donated to Free42 (because I use it all the time). Glad to know that I'm in the 1% of *something*. The 1% rate is sad to hear, but not surprising. There's probably tons of business school papers written about it, but I think people attach vastly different monetary values to software compared to something physical. People will gladly fork over $7-$10 for a cup of coffee, 300 times a year, but $10 for a piece of software that they use 300 times a year? No way!

In my case, I am reluctant to pay for software, because I got burnt several times in the past. I learned that when I buy software, I don't actually own it, I'm renting it. And it can be stolen from me on the whims of the author, or the app store. Several years ago I paid for a couple of Android apps for the 15C and the 12C. Then some time later, with no notifications, the apps got renamed or something, but my purchases were not carried over, so I lost them. I probably wouldn't have minded paying a few dollars again for the newly renamed 12C app, but the later versions seemed to get more aggressive about showing ads, and the UI progressively enshittified to a point that I hated it. Which I didn't think was possible because the look-and-feel of the 12C is written in stone, how can someone screw that up?

After experiencing this for a few more apps, I decided that I wasn't going to pay for apps anymore. They are all going to shove blinking animated ads down my throat anyway, whether I pay for it or not. I made exceptions for the Free42 and Plus42, because they are so good.