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Reddit CEO doubles down on attack on Apollo developer in drama-filled AMA (techcrunch.com)

submitted 1 year ago by majkeli@lemmy.world to c/news@beehaw.org

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[–] watson387@sopuli.xyz 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I would have never paid a subscription fee for Reddit OR a Reddit app. I'm all for paying for software but these kinds of apps either have a one-time-payment or they'll never see a dime from me.

[–] nogooduser@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

The problem with that is that it’s not a sustainable business model for the app developers because of the way that mobile apps work.

Traditionally, consumer apps released a version that you bought and that was it. Next year there’d be a new version and you’d buy it if it offered features you wanted and not otherwise. The developer has the motivation to keep coming up with new features to get the repeat purchase.

Mobile apps don’t have the ability to do that. There’s one version which is the latest version so you buy it once and get free updates for life. The only regular income that the developer can get with this model is from new buyers. There’s only so many buyers in the market for a Reddit app (for any app really) so it’s difficult to make a pay cheque with that model.

The solution is either to provide the app for free and to show ads or move to a subscription model for extra features.