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Re:Panic’s Next Editor by duxup on Tuesday April 16, 2019 @10:16PM (#19679134)
What is frustrating is the chicken and egg problem on Windows too.... I'll pay, but hard to find software / not many good recommendations for software.

I'm speaking more generally rather than any given product.

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Re:Panic’s Next Editor by xpaulbettsx on Wednesday April 17, 2019 @02:04AM (#19680133)
As someone who wrote Indie Windows software, it's not only the problem of supply vs. demand (I'd actually argue that there are a fair amount of people who are happy to pay Coda-levels of money for software), the biggest problem is marketing.

If you're an Indie macOS or iOS dev, you've got so many places to drum up news about your app. If you're on Windows? There's Windows Central, and a few smaller blogs (and Reddit, but rules against self-promotion in most subs mean you're very likely to get your post whacked). Promotion is a huge challenge for Windows desktop devs

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Re:Panic’s Next Editor by duxup on Wednesday April 17, 2019 @10:28AM (#19682852)
Yeah that seems like a legit issue. Like where can I as a user find quality news about it, and if you're the dev... no way for you to reach me either.
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