Re:Are apps even that relevant anymore?
by diegof79 on Monday August 31, 2020 @11:23PM
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The lock-in and the App Store/Play store rules are not nice.
But, a world of PWAs only is not the panacea.
How you are going to monetize your PWA? I imagine a few options:
1. Your “app” is a SaaS
2. Your app is paid by ads
3. Your app is free
Guess who loves no. 2... that’s why Google loves PWAs, it’s part of their business strategy.
Not every app fits in the SaaS model, and sadly there is a trend now to use more and more subscriptions. I love to have a viable “option 4”: I pay for an app version once, without selling my data or attaching my CC to a subscription.
So please don’t stop making wonderful apps like ProCreate, MindNode, Affinity... and others that don’t have a subscription model and are great.
But, a world of PWAs only is not the panacea.
How you are going to monetize your PWA? I imagine a few options: 1. Your “app” is a SaaS 2. Your app is paid by ads 3. Your app is free
Guess who loves no. 2... that’s why Google loves PWAs, it’s part of their business strategy.
Not every app fits in the SaaS model, and sadly there is a trend now to use more and more subscriptions. I love to have a viable “option 4”: I pay for an app version once, without selling my data or attaching my CC to a subscription.
So please don’t stop making wonderful apps like ProCreate, MindNode, Affinity... and others that don’t have a subscription model and are great.