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Wadda you prefer? To pay for software or To not pay for software?
if I see that work has been done, and whoever released it is going to loose money, then no, I buy it (ie, some dude(s) that wrote whatever like Maimichs (?) little button app). If I feel that they are evil and ripping people off anyway, then damn right I dl it and distribute it! Billy is evil. You can't tell me that his company actually deserved that much money???? 400$ for1 copoy of XP Pro? I don't think so. We all know those pragrammers are making $40 k a year, and billy made $400 mil off thier work. Not to mention that MS will see something they like, steal it, and if being sued is a real threat, buy the company out anyway.
Whatever.....
i like my software like i like my beers free and frosty
but support and such will always be better with software you pay for i guess
pay or not
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Honest..... no I'd rather not pay, I seach high and low for free software.
I only pay when I have no choice or if someone else has bought some I'll give them something so I can use thiers.
Thank god for people who like to dabble and program themselves, the joy of free spirited software and the free mind.
ah those were the days two bloody years ago :-( when this site was just a few of us!! look at it now my have u grown!!!
That's a real tough question! :shock:
Of course I would prefer no to pay for software, I mean who doesn't like free stuff. And if it's the OS, without which your expansive computer with all the latest twists is nothing more than a box with a blinking light then ever more so.
Yes I know there is Linux, but once you get hooked on M$ crap it's hard to quit.
On the other hand I am a programmer working for a small company so my livelihood depends on people buying our stuff.
So I prefer to go fined something freeware, do without or if push comes to shove to pay.
Oh, and don't think that just because I am a programmer I can write whatever I want for my self. It takes time and effort to code anything descent (strange it takes this long to get a windows version out ) and no one has the time to reinvent the wheel.
If there is an open source program equivalent, I will normally use that. But in the case of multi thousand dollar program suites like autodesk and maya, eh, no sir.
Yes, you developers need to eat!
Yes, you should be paid to work!
But PLEASE think about how much you are charging. What exactly are you charging X amount for?
If you are not careful, you will do nothing but promote the Piracy of applications. I don't think you would find that acceptable, if everyone stole your work. Please just remember, that you are working on an OPEN SOURCE device. So when you take a bunch of files, do minor editing, and slap 2.99 on it, it is not worth it.
PLEASE use your brain for more then just code. THINK about the people that don't code, and think - are they going to spend $100-300 to buy all the apps for their phones? If they don't think they are getting the value, people WILL steal. Just look at the music industry!
THIS does not mean that you should just make everything free. This does mean that if you spent 10 min's making a new search bar widget (dxTop) that you probably shouldn't charge for it.
If I am wrong, please tell me, and tell me why.
Well, since you have 24 hours to return them, what's the problem?
I mean, anything under $3,- who cares? That's less than a coffee at Starbucks, when all is said and done.
I'm a video game engineer and web developer, and I charge poeople around $20/hour for my services, so if someone spends 15 minutes building an app to better your uses, then $3 I can understand. Now, I don't think a lot of the apps are worth the money because it really isnt THAT much work to do, and when you had no problem offering it for free, to now charge? Donating, thats no problem. But you shouldn't force those to buy it. Programs like BetterCut, we not available prior to paid app releases, and apposed to anycut, has multiple new and truley great features that I will in a heart beat pay $3.00.
Spending the money isn't the problem for me, $10 on an app, who cares. It's only 10 bucks. However, I just don't like the way developers went about making paying for apps a neccessity, and turning their old versions into trials. And then starting to restrict features.
When its all said and done I mean, guess there isn't much I can do but *****. If I want the app I'll buy it, I've already got 15-20 apps I've paid for so far because I find them to be necessities worth my cash. It's just stupid how it goes down.
I don't mind for people charging for apps. I haven't found the need to buy any apps yet because I haven't seen an app that interests me enough to buy it. There are a lot of apps out there and a bunch of them are getting crap reviews. I think the market just needs some time to find out what prices work and what don't. And it seems like when a good app concept comes out, another dev makes a few version.
I totally agree with you q426669,they are releasing a bunch of ****ty apps,sorry about the ****ty part....and I know you guys are busy and it´s your time.....etc....etc..When I first listened about the paid apps I was very excited thinking....cool we´re gonna start seeing nice apps,but as of now I am getting tired of stupid joke apps,flashlights etc....I don´t even feel like trying any app out,and yes I am willing to pay like I used to do with Windows Mobile.
Gonna be real interesting with the Blackberry App Store.....their lowest price starts at $3.
Anyone who buys a paid wallpaper/ringtone app deserves what they get lol. They are all out there if people search for them. I cant understand for the life of me why people have bought the paid flashlight app but ok. Developers take the time to make them so I will pay for it if its something I really want, no problem. I agree though that the apps and games coming out are pretty lame but i just ignore them. People whining about a .99 cent app are ridiculous to me, how much money do you waste on fast food and other stuff you don't need? Take that 5 bucks for your burger king and get a few cool games or apps to deck out your phone! As far as piracy of stuff its gonna happen no matter how much people charge, nothing anyone can do about it. I think making demo versions though will help cut piracy down a little.
This greedy person is selling a custom rom for forty bucks when its all available here for free maybe not the same but probably close. Anyway to notify people not to buy? Already seven sold :/
I cant post links its on ebay and here is item number: 260728622018
Nope. If people choose not to spend the time to learn how to do things themselves for free or little cost and would rather pay somebody else to do things for them, that's their affair.
RoboRay said:
Nope. If people choose not to spend the time to learn how to do things themselves for free or little cost and would rather pay somebody else to do things for them, that's their affair.
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Agreed... leave the free **** to people with brains
I would call that guy greedy too, if I were jealous OR the developer of that ROM. But I am neither of those
Hey anyone who knows the iphone coding software or knows coding in general, I will literally give someone $50 if they could port Touchgrind iphone app to android. so many people said its possible but they did not know how to do it. Here is the link to the Touchgrind.Ipa to mess around with it if your willing to try to port. I am serious about the $50 to whomever gets it ported and works. I did have an ipod touch but then it broke so I cant play it anymore but I have a droid Incredible which I would love for this game to be ported.
You're already going to get your topic closed for posting a copyrighted ipa file but aside from that, it would take a lot more time than $30 would pay for to port that. It may at best use opengl but that's about the only similarity period. To rewrite it, you would need to write it all in android's language, Java.
Oh joy, this is gonna be good!
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Oh joy, this is gonna be good!
Popping popcorn
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Now that tickled me! LOL
I'd pay someone for a port of the iStrain app.
I'd pay 50 bucks to watch someone smash their brand new iPhone 4 with a hammer, while dressed in an Andy costume.
Oh, and I guess I'll be the one to say it.... shouldn't this be in the apps forum.... *in a goofey dorkey ass voice*
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I'd pay to have this thread closed. However, I'll just close it.
Guys and Girls, I think i might have an idea that could generate money.. regarding augmented reality applications and gps locating. You could make a treasure hunt! make it exciting, promote it, put an entry fee of one bucks, and it would be awesome..I think =D think about it! use a national holiday if you could, make a patriotic theme (that made me think, you could make an event for every holiday!think angry birds seasons) I think this is an idea that could make something if executed well. I'm not a developer so I'm just giving an idea..I don't know how hard it is to implement, but there goes my 2 cents =)
kenansadhu said:
Guys and Girls, I think i might have an idea that could generate money.. regarding augmented reality applications and gps locating. You could make a treasure hunt! make it exciting, promote it, put an entry fee of one bucks, and it would be awesome..I think =D think about it! use a national holiday if you could, make a patriotic theme (that made me think, you could make an event for every holiday!think angry birds seasons) I think this is an idea that could make something if executed well. I'm not a developer so I'm just giving an idea..I don't know how hard it is to implement, but there goes my 2 cents =)
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Interesting idea. Would be awesome to have an app like this
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It could be like geochashing, but for xda. I know I spelt it wrong.
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dayton1202 said:
It could be like geochashing, but for xda. I know I spelt it wrong.
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So someone has done it before?lol its not a new idea then..maybe this is something that had to be done by someone or an organization with a lot of money (a marketing plan for samsung,for example). Well,i'd rather hqbe indie developer done this and get rich from this though =D
http://www.geocaching.com/