mortslim;577294 Wrote:
> Wow !!!
>
> Let's see here - the guy has AT LEAST one squeezebox ($300) and he has
> an iPad (at least $500), plus the sales tax associated with these
> purchases. So now we're talking close to $1,000.
>
> And he is agonizing about spending an extra $10 ??????????????????????
>
Please, let's stop this argument, everyone has to do their own choice.
If someone wants to hold on to their money, that is fine, everyone have
to choose for themselves.
I think it's important to get people to realize that compared to all
other stuff they get every day without thinking much, $10 for an app
might not be that much, but it's still their choice. We shouldn't blame
and question anyone that prefers to wait, that's their choice.
For some strange reason, many people think $50 for a piece of hardware
that doesn't change your life much is very cheap but $10 for software
that completely change your Squeezebox experience is suddenly
expensive. As a developer I have a hard time understanding this but I
also know I sometimes tend to have thoughts like this myself as a
consumer.
mortslim;577294 Wrote:
>
> I consider it an honor to be able to buy BOTH the current iPeng for
> iPhone and the upcoming app just for the iPad. This encourages
> continued development and it shows my appreciation for great apps.
>
I think this is the important thing.
Most(all?) third party developers do get encouraged when someone is
willing to show them their appreciation through some economical support
or even just through some fancy words. So if you think someone has done
something great and you would love them to continue doing similar
things in the future, this might be worth a lot more than $10 to you.
Applications like iPeng and SqueezePad and other third party
plugins/applets have changed the Squeezebox experience a lot for me and
I would like all third party developers to continue doing this in the
future. Especially since the history shows that Logitech is focused on
the core functionality and most extras that makes the products shine
comes from third party developers. Compared to other iPhone/iPad apps,
$10 might seem expensive, but as I look at it I pay for the improvement
of the Squeezebox system and to encourage future development and in this
context $10 is a drop in the sea.
As and example, for $10 in Sweden I get a single meal of food on a
cheap restaurant, in comparison, a third party software that completely
changes my Squeezebox experience every day is worth a LOT more than
that. The meal of food will be forgotten next day but the third party
software and its developer will continue to change my music discovery
experience today and in the future.
Still, if some people prefer to wait and don't want to "waste" any
money on encouragement, we should accept that.
--
erland
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(Developer of 'many plugins/applets'
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and/or third party plugin/applet development, 'donations are always
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