On May 11, 2012, at 6:22 PM, cougazul <[email protected]> wrote: > I, along with many current Growl users, will give you our business I'm sure. > Until then, I will keep my $2 in my pocket.
If every Growl user actually paid $2 to use it, I doubt it would pay the developers minimum wage for their time. I paid $2 to say thanks for the App and to hopefully send a bit of encouragement to those who develop it. Watching people dangle $2 as if it was the keys to a new car is embarrassing. It's barely one-half of a gallon of gas. (And don't forget Apple takes $0.60. And charges them $100/year to be in the developer program.) If you want to encourage development, try filing useful bug reports, providing ratings on the iTunes store, and tell your friends about it. Attempts at "scolding" the developers for not working better/faster for nearly no money is probably more likely to get them to decide to stop working for the night and go hang out with family and friends instead of meeting the needs of demanding strangers on the Internet. I've never been happier that I decided not to be a developer than I am having seen how "fart app pricing" has given some people an overinflated idea of the value of a dollar or two. If you want to be heard, I suggest fewer demands, and more gratitude. (I'm not talking about kissing anybody's ring, just a little less tone of entitlement.) As always, let me reiterate: I'm just a user and don't speak for anyone else but myself. TjL -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Growl Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/growldiscuss?hl=en.
