Re:Show HN: Muse – Tool for Thought on iPad
by dchuk on Thursday August 27, 2020 @04:38PM
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Apps that are worked on consistently have a very high recurring cost - people hours
Re:Show HN: Muse – Tool for Thought on iPad
by jmnicolas on Friday August 28, 2020 @12:24PM
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Do you really think this app will still need major work 5 years from now? As I said in another comment, work on version 2.0 (since 1.0 is probably not complete now) and put it in maintenance mode then, instead of cramming it with useless features.
Re:Show HN: Muse – Tool for Thought on iPad
by ianai on Thursday August 27, 2020 @06:31PM
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Idea: flat charge to export the entire library to a standard or competing format. Could vary if the library is particularly large or end format proprietary.
That way people who hate subscriptions or lock-in know they have an out and don’t have to lose anything.
True, but they also have a very low incremental cost per unit.
It doesn’t really matter if you sell 10 at $100 or 100 at $10, and sometimes selling 100 at $10 is significantly easier.
At the risk of sounding brusque, that comes off as more than a little reductive. "Your choices are poor compared to mine." I don't think you meant it that way but text doesn't convey emotion.
Regarding the what I value aspect: This is yet another (cool-looking) app that asks me to pour my creativity and thoughts into it yet charges me rent to keep them there, even though the app, as you say, does not have recurring costs to you.
So now, if I want to invest my time and soul into making this my One True Creativity App and keep it, hypothetically, for the rest of my life, I'm looking at $4,000. Or even if I just keep it for the next decade (assuming it survives that long and the shutdown of the subscription doesn't yank my data away from me with it), that's a grand.
I'm genuinely sorry but I'm not going to take that risk or pick up that expense. Sell me the app and I'll buy it; don't rent it to me.