MLB.com CEO: iOS users more likely to purchase content than Android users • Hacker News Board

Re: MLB.com CEO: iOS users more likely to purchase content than Android users

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Post by Andys » Tue, Apr 05, 2011, 12:09 AM UTC

lojack wrote: post #58

I recently switched from iPhone to an Android and I am definitely less willing to pay for apps. To me its all about the pricing. Going through a list of apps on the first page of the android market I see prices of: $8.05, $7.99, $2.89, $0.99, $9.99, $14.26, $5.99, $2.99. A random selection from the iTunes app store: $0.99, $0.99, $0.99, $0.99, $0.99, $0.99, $0.99, $0.99, $0.99, $4.99, $2.99. To me, and I'm sure that…

Funny, thats the same argument ("feels like a ripoff") that stops me buying Apple hardware.

Re: MLB.com CEO: iOS users more likely to purchase content than Android users

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Post by uptown » Tue, Apr 05, 2011, 12:26 AM UTC

nomad2986 wrote: post #47

MatthewPhillips wrote: post #31

MLB.tv is the only subscription service (that I'm aware of) that charges for the app as well. And they do it inconsistently. I paid I think $120-$130, somewhere in that range, for MLB.tv, however I need to pay an additional $15 to get it on my Android phone and an additional $15 to get it on my iPad. However on Roku I pay no additional cost for the app, and on the web I pay no additional cost. I bought the iPad app b…

This is exactly my issue with the At Bat app. I already pay for MLB.tv which plays video in Flash and I have a flash capable Android phone. I don't understand why I should have to pay extra for the app just to watch video. However, last time I checked I was blocked from watching content on my phone.

Unless I'm missing something, even with an MLB.tv subscription, the Android app doesn't provide that feature.

Re: MLB.com CEO: iOS users more likely to purchase content than Android users

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Post by emehrkay » Tue, Apr 05, 2011, 2:18 AM UTC

j79 wrote: post #46

emehrkay wrote: post #40

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Shazam has a five song limit? I'm never upgrading. When did they do that?

I know they've had a five song limit since the iPhone 4 came out. I had the original version, which had unlimited tagging, but when I upgraded to the iPhone 4, I had to re-download the same Shazam app I had installed on my 3G. The same version, the one they said would have unlimited tagging, implemented the 5 song restriction. There was an outcry from iPhone 3g/3gs users who were forced to upgrade and hit with this l…

I havent upgraded at all in years (I think that the little icon next to the app store has a forty in it) so I dont understand the limit. Is it five free tags overall or five a month/day etc? I have at least fifty on mine and I tag things almost weekly.