In introductory economics classes, whether at high school or undergraduate level, we are taught to think of buyers and sellers as perfectly rational. In good classes, we are told that this is only an approximation. Unfortunately, people tend to soon forget that it is only an approximation. Those of us who go on to study pricing in business school learn just how poor an approximation it really is, as your anecdote confirms!
That said, I can't help but wonder if the phenomenon you report is due primarily to two factors: 1) when they are sold the expensive phone and plan, one of the key selling points is "there are lots of free apps" 2) after spending that much on the phone and realizing how much they pay per month, they suffer from "buyer's remorse", which encourages their hope to get something for free even more; they figure they have already "paid their dues". On Aug 17, 11:54 am, TreKing <treking...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 1:22 PM, Doug <beafd...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Perhaps it has a lot to do with the way it's crippled. Many Android users > > have this strange notion that everything should be really free! > > This in particular is very annoying. I have a few comment on my free version > along the lines of "X should really be free", "Need feature Y but not enough > to pay", or "very limited" ... when the description reads "Limited / Basic > Version". > > People spend ~$200 for a phone, ~$50 / month for the plan and then bitch > about spending less than $5 for an app. Amazing. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > TreKing <http://sites.google.com/site/rezmobileapps/treking> - Chicago > transit tracking app for Android-powered devices -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
