“woah, $4.99 for @birdfeedapp? somebody better tell me if it’s worth it before i spend that kind of $$.”

nostrich asks: In what way is this not a perfectly valid sentiment?

first, we are talking about an iphone. who owns iphones? people who can pay 100 dollars a month for their phone bill. that said, 5 dollars should not be considered heavy spending. if you consider it to be so, and you own an iphone, you are probably not managing your finances very well.

second, some people can’t afford to throw many days and hours of their time into developing, maintaining and updating software without some kind of return. how hard are customers gonna low ball them? the problem is the attitude of thinking that five dollars is a lot of money for a piece of software. it seems as though everyone thinks 70 cents per download is a fair profit for the makers. you know what? fuck you people.

third, and marginally related: this is just a tiny little branch of a much larger problem. people who make things are constantly trying to get one over on their consumers, and people who buy things are always trying to get something free from the makers. for this reason, no one can trust in anything and everyone sucks. and let me reiterate- it’s the consumer’s fault too. each side provokes the other to be worse.