It’s 2024, and when a new app comes out the conversation is still mostly about pricing.

Exhausting.

@jsonbecker Lemme guess, Kino right? I haven't even see any of the comments, but people are so predictable.

@manton yup

@jsonbecker @manton the Lux team really makes exceptional apps. Totally worth the price. I love their Halide and Spectre app.

@frank @manton I bought it instantly even thought I’m not sure how or if I’ll use it. But that said, they’ve been extremely transparent and thoughtful about pricing. Paid up front? Everyone is mad. Subscription? Mad. Subscription that keeps the old version working just without new feature etc? Mad. There’s no pricing that won’t infuriate some people, especially because they always compare price and value to companies that are losing millions and millions of dollars and haven’t yet had to become profitable.

@jsonbecker Everyone is mad about everything, all the time. 🙁

@manton Not my Golden Retriever. He's happy about everything, all the time. 😉🐕 Probably cause he's not on the internet.

@jsonbecker @manton Just bought it now. 129kr (~$12). What else do $12 get? Not much these days. At the start of the App Store, every app being 99 cents was a smart move, but it really set the wrong expectations.

@manton Untrue. It just feels that way to you, in this moment, based on what you are reading and how.

There are lots of us who are not needlessly mad. We're not visible to you in this moment but we are here. And we'll still be here when you're ready to filter out the noise, the excess. :)

@SimonWoods Fair enough! People who are mad are just louder.

@manton 100%. Ironically I was just watching/listening to Steve Jobs' commencement address. I hope you're finding the time to take in whatever words of wisdom help you stay on track.

And I agree with @jarrod. Our golden boy has wordlessly taught us so much — he has in fact become a major source of inspiration for a lot of writing I am currently mulling over and preparing to publish.

@odd Many modern apps can surely do 12x what early apps can do. Even Noteplan (which I think is $120/yr) is a very expensive, yet tremendous app that I will likely re-engage with once done with training later this year. Way more expensive than, say, Obsidian, but it works exactly the way my brain thinks, and the overlap of efficiency and reduced mental overhead is so worth it!

@manton The anger is not worth it.

@dgreene196 That is true. I was just thinking that people are outraged by an app costing $12, because apps used to be 99 cents (or free). If people don’t see the value of the app, then they should simply not buy it, and don’t be bothered by the price.