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[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

80% of the app is the same. It's not like he spent years creating a new app from scratch. I'm not saying he doesn't deserve compensation but I feel like he's being a bit gougey in this situation.

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

I mean that's literally how business works - amount needed to be profitable / number of customers = base price.

Reddit had millions of users, lower price per person.

Not to mention the literally free version!

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

@1ird @chargingtriceratops Regional pricing hasn't been set up yet, but he plans to make a single time purchase option in the future, and set up Regional pricing

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Here's hoping it all shakes out in the end.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I'm pretty sure he had to rewrite all of the code related to network and the API, and that's not little work. Thats weeks worth of work including testing