How I killed app sales by going freemium

Re:How I killed app sales by going freemium by corobo on Sunday June 07, 2015 @04:57AM (#9673896)

As someone who would like this sort of app there's no way in a month of Sundays I'd be willing to pay for each article after the first

This sort of thing is a one off purchase (if my device does the work) or fixed monthly fee (if your servers do the work)

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Re:How I killed app sales by going freemium by btdollar on Sunday June 07, 2015 @08:41AM (#9674411)

This seems more fair. But it is weird, because thinking about it, isn't buying N units of work the most fair pricing scheme? I didn't have the same gut reaction to Amazon's Lambda service.

Perhaps it is that we know the article limit isn't related to any real-world costs that make the difference.

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Re:How I killed app sales by going freemium by corobo on Monday June 08, 2015 @06:19AM (#9678127)

It's fair but the worry comes in with what happens if I run out of units of work and send a new article. Does it reject the article and I miss out? Does it charge as and when I send an article[1]? Do I get charged extra for unexpected usage?

If I have to ponder any one of these questions I'd just switch to a different app, there's a fair few that provide this functionality

[1] In this case the main worry is what if I accidentally somehow send every tab I have open to this service through a bug or something? Do I pay or does the app maker take one for the team?

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Re:How I killed app sales by going freemium by dublinben on Sunday June 07, 2015 @11:54AM (#9675110)

As someone who would also like this sort of app, I can do this completely free with Pocket on my Kobo reader. I don't know why anyone would pay for this service.

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