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One thing that's a required feature for me is the "show more" feature. I don't get to read enough and I only get bursts to consume and I need more than the default number of displayed links.
People are complaining about $5? Really? Someone has put months of effort into this app, more than justifying the "high" price. If you think it's too expensive, just don't buy it. I just bought it and think it's great (nice icon too).
I'm surprised that people are making this argument here on HN. Pricing has nothing to do with how many months a developer spent on an app. The consumer doesn't and shouldn't care about it anymore than a developer should care about how much effort someone took to earn and spend those five bucks. FWIW, I think five dollars is ok for a niche app like this but "he spent a lot of time on it" doesn't sound like a legitimat…
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I'm surprised that people are making this argument here on HN. Pricing has nothing to do with how many months a developer spent on an app. The consumer doesn't and shouldn't care about it anymore than a developer should care about how much effort someone took to earn and spend those five bucks. FWIW, I think five dollars is ok for a niche app like this but "he spent a lot of time on it" doesn't sound like a legitimat…
Why is that not a legitimate justification? The vast majority of the world's population charge a monetary fee for their time, so why is this any different? The guy put a lot of effort into making an app, as such, if you like the app, you now reward him for that time by paying him.
Interesting thought - since this is released with a BSD style license [1], couldn't someone else theoretically submit it to the Apple store at a lower cost? 1: https://github.com/newsyc/newsyc/raw/HEAD/LICENSE
People are complaining about $5? Really? Someone has put months of effort into this app, more than justifying the "high" price. If you think it's too expensive, just don't buy it. I just bought it and think it's great (nice icon too).
I've just happily paid for this app (congrats, nice app and makes my daily life easier/better) I am always amused when people complain about paying $5 for an app like this. Let's assume for a second that you are an IT/Internet professional, and you are read HN enough that you'd consider downloading an app. Maybe I am the exception, but I perhaps spend 30 mins per day on HN on my iphone. HN for me is great over breakf…
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I wonder: would Apple allow you to submit a few different copies of the app, with different prices?
No. Not unless they had different feature sets.
Interesting thought - since this is released with a BSD style license [1], couldn't someone else theoretically submit it to the Apple store at a lower cost? 1: https://github.com/newsyc/newsyc/raw/HEAD/LICENSE
Yes, if they are an asshole.
What if someone were to improve the app significantly and then submit it?
People are complaining about $5? Really? Someone has put months of effort into this app, more than justifying the "high" price. If you think it's too expensive, just don't buy it. I just bought it and think it's great (nice icon too).
Failure to grasp this simple concept is costing some industries a lot of money right now.