▲ 802 ▼ I like the web app more. (lemmy.world) submitted 3 years ago by Annoyed_Crabby@lemmy.world to c/memes@lemmy.ml 498 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Whirlybird@aussie.zone 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) They could still have ads. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Stumblinbear@pawb.social 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) Not if you remove free access. That's a great way to lose your entire user base. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Whirlybird@aussie.zone 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) Apart from the ones that pay. You only need to look at any of the sync posts on here to see there are many, many of them. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Stumblinbear@pawb.social 1 point 3 years ago* (1 child) Ad revenue very often dwarfs the income from subscribing users by a huge margin. Sure, a single user subscribing pays for themselves plus a little extra, but your free users make up 70-80% of your revenue permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Whirlybird@aussie.zone 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) Sure, but again - removing the app takes away 100% of the revenue. Keeping it as subscription only gets you some revenue. Some > none. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Stumblinbear@pawb.social 1 point 3 years ago* (1 child) The amount of people that subscribe would likely not pay for the ongoing maintenance costs unless he's willing to work for shit pay. Every hour he puts into maintenance is an hour he didn't put into maintenance the other version that actually pays well enough permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Whirlybird@aussie.zone 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) There aren't necessarily ongoing maintenance costs. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Stumblinbear@pawb.social 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) No program ever created has never needed any bug fixing or improvement. That's the nature of software engineering. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Whirlybird@aussie.zone 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) Sync for Reddit wasn’t just created yesterday. There comes a point where almost all software is stable and will run be fine without updates indefinitely. Established Reddit clients were at that point years ago. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Stumblinbear@pawb.social 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) That must be why Sync has been pretty consistently updated for a decade. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Whirlybird@aussie.zone 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) Just because it has doesn't mean it needed to be. If I earned enough money from a product to be able to only work on it, I'd update it too - but that doesn't mean it needs updates or maintenance. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Stumblinbear@pawb.social 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) And that's exactly how businesses become complacent and get overtaken by new players in the market permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Whirlybird@aussie.zone 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) These are reddit clients mate lol. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Stumblinbear@pawb.social 0 points 3 years ago It doesn't make a difference what part of the market a business lies in, it's still a competitive market permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Stumblinbear@pawb.social 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) Not if you remove free access. That's a great way to lose your entire user base. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Whirlybird@aussie.zone 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) Apart from the ones that pay. You only need to look at any of the sync posts on here to see there are many, many of them. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Stumblinbear@pawb.social 1 point 3 years ago* (1 child) Ad revenue very often dwarfs the income from subscribing users by a huge margin. Sure, a single user subscribing pays for themselves plus a little extra, but your free users make up 70-80% of your revenue permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Whirlybird@aussie.zone 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) Sure, but again - removing the app takes away 100% of the revenue. Keeping it as subscription only gets you some revenue. Some > none. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Stumblinbear@pawb.social 1 point 3 years ago* (1 child) The amount of people that subscribe would likely not pay for the ongoing maintenance costs unless he's willing to work for shit pay. Every hour he puts into maintenance is an hour he didn't put into maintenance the other version that actually pays well enough permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Whirlybird@aussie.zone 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) There aren't necessarily ongoing maintenance costs. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Stumblinbear@pawb.social 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) No program ever created has never needed any bug fixing or improvement. That's the nature of software engineering. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Whirlybird@aussie.zone 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) Sync for Reddit wasn’t just created yesterday. There comes a point where almost all software is stable and will run be fine without updates indefinitely. Established Reddit clients were at that point years ago. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Stumblinbear@pawb.social 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) That must be why Sync has been pretty consistently updated for a decade. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Whirlybird@aussie.zone 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) Just because it has doesn't mean it needed to be. If I earned enough money from a product to be able to only work on it, I'd update it too - but that doesn't mean it needs updates or maintenance. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Stumblinbear@pawb.social 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) And that's exactly how businesses become complacent and get overtaken by new players in the market permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Whirlybird@aussie.zone 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) These are reddit clients mate lol. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Stumblinbear@pawb.social 0 points 3 years ago It doesn't make a difference what part of the market a business lies in, it's still a competitive market permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Whirlybird@aussie.zone 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) Apart from the ones that pay. You only need to look at any of the sync posts on here to see there are many, many of them. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Stumblinbear@pawb.social 1 point 3 years ago* (1 child) Ad revenue very often dwarfs the income from subscribing users by a huge margin. Sure, a single user subscribing pays for themselves plus a little extra, but your free users make up 70-80% of your revenue permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Whirlybird@aussie.zone 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) Sure, but again - removing the app takes away 100% of the revenue. Keeping it as subscription only gets you some revenue. Some > none. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Stumblinbear@pawb.social 1 point 3 years ago* (1 child) The amount of people that subscribe would likely not pay for the ongoing maintenance costs unless he's willing to work for shit pay. Every hour he puts into maintenance is an hour he didn't put into maintenance the other version that actually pays well enough permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Whirlybird@aussie.zone 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) There aren't necessarily ongoing maintenance costs. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Stumblinbear@pawb.social 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) No program ever created has never needed any bug fixing or improvement. That's the nature of software engineering. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Whirlybird@aussie.zone 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) Sync for Reddit wasn’t just created yesterday. There comes a point where almost all software is stable and will run be fine without updates indefinitely. Established Reddit clients were at that point years ago. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Stumblinbear@pawb.social 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) That must be why Sync has been pretty consistently updated for a decade. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Whirlybird@aussie.zone 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) Just because it has doesn't mean it needed to be. If I earned enough money from a product to be able to only work on it, I'd update it too - but that doesn't mean it needs updates or maintenance. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Stumblinbear@pawb.social 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) And that's exactly how businesses become complacent and get overtaken by new players in the market permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Whirlybird@aussie.zone 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) These are reddit clients mate lol. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Stumblinbear@pawb.social 0 points 3 years ago It doesn't make a difference what part of the market a business lies in, it's still a competitive market permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Stumblinbear@pawb.social 1 point 3 years ago* (1 child) Ad revenue very often dwarfs the income from subscribing users by a huge margin. Sure, a single user subscribing pays for themselves plus a little extra, but your free users make up 70-80% of your revenue permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Whirlybird@aussie.zone 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) Sure, but again - removing the app takes away 100% of the revenue. Keeping it as subscription only gets you some revenue. Some > none. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Stumblinbear@pawb.social 1 point 3 years ago* (1 child) The amount of people that subscribe would likely not pay for the ongoing maintenance costs unless he's willing to work for shit pay. Every hour he puts into maintenance is an hour he didn't put into maintenance the other version that actually pays well enough permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Whirlybird@aussie.zone 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) There aren't necessarily ongoing maintenance costs. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Stumblinbear@pawb.social 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) No program ever created has never needed any bug fixing or improvement. That's the nature of software engineering. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Whirlybird@aussie.zone 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) Sync for Reddit wasn’t just created yesterday. There comes a point where almost all software is stable and will run be fine without updates indefinitely. Established Reddit clients were at that point years ago. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Stumblinbear@pawb.social 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) That must be why Sync has been pretty consistently updated for a decade. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Whirlybird@aussie.zone 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) Just because it has doesn't mean it needed to be. If I earned enough money from a product to be able to only work on it, I'd update it too - but that doesn't mean it needs updates or maintenance. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Stumblinbear@pawb.social 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) And that's exactly how businesses become complacent and get overtaken by new players in the market permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Whirlybird@aussie.zone 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) These are reddit clients mate lol. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Stumblinbear@pawb.social 0 points 3 years ago It doesn't make a difference what part of the market a business lies in, it's still a competitive market permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Whirlybird@aussie.zone 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) Sure, but again - removing the app takes away 100% of the revenue. Keeping it as subscription only gets you some revenue. Some > none. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Stumblinbear@pawb.social 1 point 3 years ago* (1 child) The amount of people that subscribe would likely not pay for the ongoing maintenance costs unless he's willing to work for shit pay. Every hour he puts into maintenance is an hour he didn't put into maintenance the other version that actually pays well enough permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Whirlybird@aussie.zone 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) There aren't necessarily ongoing maintenance costs. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Stumblinbear@pawb.social 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) No program ever created has never needed any bug fixing or improvement. That's the nature of software engineering. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Whirlybird@aussie.zone 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) Sync for Reddit wasn’t just created yesterday. There comes a point where almost all software is stable and will run be fine without updates indefinitely. Established Reddit clients were at that point years ago. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Stumblinbear@pawb.social 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) That must be why Sync has been pretty consistently updated for a decade. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Whirlybird@aussie.zone 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) Just because it has doesn't mean it needed to be. If I earned enough money from a product to be able to only work on it, I'd update it too - but that doesn't mean it needs updates or maintenance. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Stumblinbear@pawb.social 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) And that's exactly how businesses become complacent and get overtaken by new players in the market permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Whirlybird@aussie.zone 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) These are reddit clients mate lol. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Stumblinbear@pawb.social 0 points 3 years ago It doesn't make a difference what part of the market a business lies in, it's still a competitive market permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Stumblinbear@pawb.social 1 point 3 years ago* (1 child) The amount of people that subscribe would likely not pay for the ongoing maintenance costs unless he's willing to work for shit pay. Every hour he puts into maintenance is an hour he didn't put into maintenance the other version that actually pays well enough permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Whirlybird@aussie.zone 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) There aren't necessarily ongoing maintenance costs. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Stumblinbear@pawb.social 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) No program ever created has never needed any bug fixing or improvement. That's the nature of software engineering. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Whirlybird@aussie.zone 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) Sync for Reddit wasn’t just created yesterday. There comes a point where almost all software is stable and will run be fine without updates indefinitely. Established Reddit clients were at that point years ago. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Stumblinbear@pawb.social 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) That must be why Sync has been pretty consistently updated for a decade. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Whirlybird@aussie.zone 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) Just because it has doesn't mean it needed to be. If I earned enough money from a product to be able to only work on it, I'd update it too - but that doesn't mean it needs updates or maintenance. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Stumblinbear@pawb.social 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) And that's exactly how businesses become complacent and get overtaken by new players in the market permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Whirlybird@aussie.zone 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) These are reddit clients mate lol. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Stumblinbear@pawb.social 0 points 3 years ago It doesn't make a difference what part of the market a business lies in, it's still a competitive market permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Whirlybird@aussie.zone 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) There aren't necessarily ongoing maintenance costs. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Stumblinbear@pawb.social 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) No program ever created has never needed any bug fixing or improvement. That's the nature of software engineering. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Whirlybird@aussie.zone 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) Sync for Reddit wasn’t just created yesterday. There comes a point where almost all software is stable and will run be fine without updates indefinitely. Established Reddit clients were at that point years ago. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Stumblinbear@pawb.social 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) That must be why Sync has been pretty consistently updated for a decade. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Whirlybird@aussie.zone 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) Just because it has doesn't mean it needed to be. If I earned enough money from a product to be able to only work on it, I'd update it too - but that doesn't mean it needs updates or maintenance. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Stumblinbear@pawb.social 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) And that's exactly how businesses become complacent and get overtaken by new players in the market permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Whirlybird@aussie.zone 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) These are reddit clients mate lol. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Stumblinbear@pawb.social 0 points 3 years ago It doesn't make a difference what part of the market a business lies in, it's still a competitive market permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Stumblinbear@pawb.social 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) No program ever created has never needed any bug fixing or improvement. That's the nature of software engineering. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Whirlybird@aussie.zone 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) Sync for Reddit wasn’t just created yesterday. There comes a point where almost all software is stable and will run be fine without updates indefinitely. Established Reddit clients were at that point years ago. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Stumblinbear@pawb.social 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) That must be why Sync has been pretty consistently updated for a decade. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Whirlybird@aussie.zone 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) Just because it has doesn't mean it needed to be. If I earned enough money from a product to be able to only work on it, I'd update it too - but that doesn't mean it needs updates or maintenance. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Stumblinbear@pawb.social 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) And that's exactly how businesses become complacent and get overtaken by new players in the market permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Whirlybird@aussie.zone 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) These are reddit clients mate lol. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Stumblinbear@pawb.social 0 points 3 years ago It doesn't make a difference what part of the market a business lies in, it's still a competitive market permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Whirlybird@aussie.zone 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) Sync for Reddit wasn’t just created yesterday. There comes a point where almost all software is stable and will run be fine without updates indefinitely. Established Reddit clients were at that point years ago. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Stumblinbear@pawb.social 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) That must be why Sync has been pretty consistently updated for a decade. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Whirlybird@aussie.zone 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) Just because it has doesn't mean it needed to be. If I earned enough money from a product to be able to only work on it, I'd update it too - but that doesn't mean it needs updates or maintenance. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Stumblinbear@pawb.social 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) And that's exactly how businesses become complacent and get overtaken by new players in the market permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Whirlybird@aussie.zone 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) These are reddit clients mate lol. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Stumblinbear@pawb.social 0 points 3 years ago It doesn't make a difference what part of the market a business lies in, it's still a competitive market permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Stumblinbear@pawb.social 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) That must be why Sync has been pretty consistently updated for a decade. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Whirlybird@aussie.zone 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) Just because it has doesn't mean it needed to be. If I earned enough money from a product to be able to only work on it, I'd update it too - but that doesn't mean it needs updates or maintenance. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Stumblinbear@pawb.social 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) And that's exactly how businesses become complacent and get overtaken by new players in the market permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Whirlybird@aussie.zone 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) These are reddit clients mate lol. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Stumblinbear@pawb.social 0 points 3 years ago It doesn't make a difference what part of the market a business lies in, it's still a competitive market permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Whirlybird@aussie.zone 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) Just because it has doesn't mean it needed to be. If I earned enough money from a product to be able to only work on it, I'd update it too - but that doesn't mean it needs updates or maintenance. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Stumblinbear@pawb.social 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) And that's exactly how businesses become complacent and get overtaken by new players in the market permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Whirlybird@aussie.zone 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) These are reddit clients mate lol. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Stumblinbear@pawb.social 0 points 3 years ago It doesn't make a difference what part of the market a business lies in, it's still a competitive market permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Stumblinbear@pawb.social 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) And that's exactly how businesses become complacent and get overtaken by new players in the market permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Whirlybird@aussie.zone 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) These are reddit clients mate lol. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Stumblinbear@pawb.social 0 points 3 years ago It doesn't make a difference what part of the market a business lies in, it's still a competitive market permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Whirlybird@aussie.zone 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) These are reddit clients mate lol. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Stumblinbear@pawb.social 0 points 3 years ago It doesn't make a difference what part of the market a business lies in, it's still a competitive market permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Stumblinbear@pawb.social 0 points 3 years ago It doesn't make a difference what part of the market a business lies in, it's still a competitive market permalink fedilink source parent
