Annoyed_Crabby@lemmy.world to Memes@lemmy.ml · 1 year agoI like the web app more.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square368fedilinkarrow-up1828arrow-down1314
arrow-up1514arrow-down1imageI like the web app more.lemmy.worldAnnoyed_Crabby@lemmy.world to Memes@lemmy.ml · 1 year agomessage-square368fedilink
minus-squareStumblinbear@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoThey also had ads, which they’d no longer gain revenue from. Ads can pull in $3-5 per month per user. That’s a massive loss.
minus-squareStumblinbear@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·1 year agoNot if you remove free access. That’s a great way to lose your entire user base.
minus-squareWhirlybird@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·1 year agoApart from the ones that pay. You only need to look at any of the sync posts on here to see there are many, many of them.
minus-squareStumblinbear@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-21 year agoAd revenue very often dwarfs the income from subscribing users by a huge margin. Sure, a single user subscribing pays for themselves plus a little extra, but your free users make up 70-80% of your revenue
minus-squareWhirlybird@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoSure, but again - removing the app takes away 100% of the revenue. Keeping it as subscription only gets you some revenue. Some > none.
minus-squareStumblinbear@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoThe amount of people that subscribe would likely not pay for the ongoing maintenance costs unless he’s willing to work for shit pay
minus-squareWhirlybird@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·1 year agoThere aren’t necessarily ongoing maintenance costs.
minus-squareStumblinbear@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·1 year agoNo program ever created has never needed any bug fixing or improvement. That’s the nature of software engineering.
They also had ads, which they’d no longer gain revenue from. Ads can pull in $3-5 per month per user. That’s a massive loss.
They could still have ads.
Not if you remove free access. That’s a great way to lose your entire user base.
Apart from the ones that pay. You only need to look at any of the sync posts on here to see there are many, many of them.
Ad revenue very often dwarfs the income from subscribing users by a huge margin. Sure, a single user subscribing pays for themselves plus a little extra, but your free users make up 70-80% of your revenue
Sure, but again - removing the app takes away 100% of the revenue. Keeping it as subscription only gets you some revenue. Some > none.
The amount of people that subscribe would likely not pay for the ongoing maintenance costs unless he’s willing to work for shit pay
There aren’t necessarily ongoing maintenance costs.
No program ever created has never needed any bug fixing or improvement. That’s the nature of software engineering.