It is insulting to suggest those opposed to $9/month are freeloaders and expect google to do charity. The issue is not about having to pay 4x-5x. The issue is about fairness.
For those who were already paying more than $4 a month, $9/month is a non issue. For everybody else it is an issue. Nobody is suggesting $9/month is evil for all appengine users. Maybe google doesn't want these <$4/month guys. Fine. On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 2:54 PM, Vinuth Madinur <[email protected]>wrote: > I get 10 GB of EBS space for free on AWS. It is insane to think it is > alright to pay $9 to be able to consume more than 5GB. > > For $10, you get 100 GB space on AWS. And for $10, you get ~59GB space on > appengine. Now, how does it make any sense to pay minimum of $9 to be able > to cross the 5GB free limit? > > > > On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 2:44 PM, Paul <[email protected]> wrote: > >> How about new Google's In App payment system? Looks promising. >> >> >> Thing is, people want too much for free. $9 is less than you pay for >> internet at home, hosting anything at Google is cheaper than putting >> old PC in the basement :) >> >> I hope that going out of preview will mean even more tools and toys >> for us. Better documentation, better plugins [how about working on >> DataNucleus? current plugin is really really outdated]... >> On May 19, 9:47 am, Jeff Schnitzer <[email protected]> wrote: >> > You presume that my app has a web front end. Most of the users of >> > this particular app are iPhone clients, and the developer responsible >> > for that code has moved on to other projects. >> > >> > ...and actually, there does seem to be a vast chasm between successful >> > apps and unsuccessful ones. I'm not entirely certain why. It may >> > partly be due to the fact that no payment system in the world lets you >> > charge $0.50/mo. >> > >> > Jeff >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 12:21 AM, Brandon Wirtz <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > > Anything getting enough traffic to cross the free barrier should be >> able to >> > > have a revenue stream. Especially if you thought it was going to be a >> > > commercial venture. And this is cold hearted but if you have loyal >> users >> > > who are using the app that much and none of them will pony up $.50 a >> > > month... That's rough. >> > >> > > The Reason I don't think anyone should complain about the $9 number is >> that >> > > anyone should be able to put Adsense on their app and make $9. >> > >> > > I may be biased, but I have an App that averages a penny a day right >> now, >> > > and generates $2500 a month in Adsense. There has to be some economic >> model >> > > that works between my extreme and yours. >> > >> > > -----Original Message----- >> > > From: [email protected] >> > > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jeff >> Schnitzer >> > > Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2011 12:10 AM >> > > To: [email protected] >> > > Subject: Re: [google-appengine] Re: FAQ for out of preview pricing >> changes >> > >> > > On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 5:03 PM, Brandon Wirtz <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > >> Put some ads on it and it should get to the $9 a month. Put a donate >> > >> button on it. >> > >> > > It's never that simple, and certainly isn't in this case. >> > >> > > That said, Google certainly doesn't owe anyone a free service layer, >> nor a >> > > linear ramp-up to paid service. And apps around the limit of the free >> > > service tier are probably something to discourage since they actually >> > > consume resources. Still, I'm more likely to contribute >> > > *some* money for my forlorn projects if the cost was not a >> discontiguous >> > > function. >> > >> > > Jeff >> > >> > > -- >> > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups >> > > "Google App Engine" group. >> > > To post to this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> > > [email protected]. >> > > For more options, visit this group at >> > >http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en. >> > >> > > -- >> > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "Google App Engine" group. >> > > To post to this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> > > For more options, visit this group athttp:// >> groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Google App Engine" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en. >> >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google App Engine" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en.
