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Re:Signaling as a Service by saagarjha on Tuesday March 31, 2020 @06:10PM (#22743247)
> Another point of evidence is the lack of luxury software products. People spend absurd amounts of money on jewellery, handbags and cars, but I can’t think of a piece of software with an even remotely similar price tag.

The author isn't looking hard enough: professional software frequently goes for many thousands of dollars.

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Re:Signaling as a Service by airstrike on Tuesday March 31, 2020 @06:18PM (#22743323)
It's also a bit of a silly point, even if no expensive software existed. Cars will always be more expensive than, say, bakery items...
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Re:Signaling as a Service by julian_digital on Wednesday April 01, 2020 @01:54AM (#22746108)
Author here:

There's a difference between a high price tag and a high price tag for the sake of signaling wealth / social status. I wouldn't classify professional software as luxury goods (such as jewelry, watches, etc).

But agree that I should have phrased that sentence differently.

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Re:Signaling as a Service by totetsu on Wednesday April 01, 2020 @02:32AM (#22746270)
Neat blog.
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Re:Signaling as a Service by julian_digital on Wednesday April 01, 2020 @02:35AM (#22746286)
:)
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Re:Signaling as a Service by paulryanrogers on Tuesday March 31, 2020 @09:04PM (#22744615)
> The author isn't looking hard enough: professional software frequently goes for many thousands of dollars.

One cannot usually show off software like hardware. In this WFH world that could change. But for now I don't see people paying top dollar for B2C software until there is some visibility.

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Re:Signaling as a Service by qznc on Tuesday March 31, 2020 @06:32PM (#22743456)
There was the "I Am Rich" app: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Am_Rich
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Re:Signaling as a Service by dasloop on Tuesday March 31, 2020 @06:44PM (#22743567)
An app can be expensive not because is a luxury software but because the complexity and the market size, this determines the development cost and the expected revenues per copy.
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Re:Signaling as a Service by satanspastaroll on Wednesday April 01, 2020 @05:50AM (#22747127)
You don't even have to look that hard; micro-transaction and in-app purchases are mostly all about bragging and showing success
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