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Re: Show HN: A macOS app to prevent sound quality degradation on AirPods

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Post by kllrnohj »

mrtksn wrote: post #94
simple10 wrote: post #77

This is great! I've been needing a solution to this problem. However... I would pay $20 one time for it. But a subscription is a deal breaker. My guess is you'll make a lot more revenue by doing one time fees tied to a specific AirPod version. So each time I upgrade my AirPods, I pay a new one time fee instead of the subscription.

Thanks! Much appreciated. Unfortunately I don't see how 20$ one time fee will works for such a niche app. After commissions and taxes $20 becomes $10. Anywhere in the developed world the money required only to survive is at least 2000$, which means I will need to be selling 200 copies every month as long as the app exist only to get basic level of income and accumulating customers that I will have to support the year…

> One time payment is either paying for abandonware, charity or scam. With subscriptions, it's a service.

This isn't a service, though. It either does what it says, in which case why do I need to keep paying for it? Or it doesn't, in which case it's just like a warranty claim or similar. There's no ongoing expectations here. It's a product that you're charging service fees for, that's just completely out of whack.

Like this genuinely would be better as "abandonware" (read: product) with a single $5-10 charge.

Re: Show HN: A macOS app to prevent sound quality degradation on AirPods

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Post by talldayo »

happyopossum wrote: post #54

I'm not going to compare this to a cup of coffee, as that analogy has been beaten to death. What I will say is that $20/yr is far higher than many apps, that are much more complicated, do a a lot more, and are self sustaining businesses. Why would anyone want to pay 2x for this compared to what a really good podcast app costs? Or 7x what a good gif manager costs?

Do people really pay a subscription fee for a podcast app or gif manager? Good god, what has become of monetized XML documents!

Re: Show HN: A macOS app to prevent sound quality degradation on AirPods

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Post by mrtksn »

dijit wrote: post #145
mrtksn wrote: post #141

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Someone should put it on the AppStore or compile and release it for immediate download instead of demanding I give away my work and time for free. Everyone wins.

Nobody is demanding this. I’d recommend stepping away for a while and coming back with fresh eyes. Imagine that we’re all being honest and not trying to bring you down- because genuinely we’re not. There have been a lot of comments about the pricing, specifically the subscription, so its best to see what you can take from that. But that cant happen if you’re emotional about it because you will naturally be defensive…

Fair enough, maybe your are right and I get worked up on the backslash for subscriptions(though I totally expected that).

Re: Show HN: A macOS app to prevent sound quality degradation on AirPods

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Post by mrtksn »

replwoacause wrote: post #13

Nice job. Price seems fair to me. You’ve found a problem and fixed it. This crowd always bemoans paid (and closed source) things so I’ve come to largely tune that out because it’s just a given.

Thanks a lot for the kind words. I totally expected the backlash, let's see if I can get some customers and I can make them stay.
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