I believe the developers should also explore ways of cutting their costs. It dosn't matter !me because, I'm just not going !use it. A lot of the apps on the Droid os are free.
Anthony Sent from my Verizon iPhone 5s! > On Nov 8, 2013, at 9:19 AM, Alex Hall <[email protected]> wrote: > > The problem with a one-time fee, as others have pointed out, is that the > developers have ongoing costs which they have to pay every month. Paying a > single fee upfront will not let them support those costs each month, since > after the initial flood of incoming money from the initial purchases, they > will not have anything more. Paying per picture, or per month, is a much > better way of doing things since you are essentially paying the costs > associated with every picture. While a one-time fee would be better for > consumers, in the long run it would cause the developers to lose money, and > probably have to shut the service down. The monthly subscription allows them > to keep the doors open, so to speak, by ensuring that every pictures paid for. >> On Nov 8, 2013, at 8:01 AM, Lea Langley <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi Al, what if we all rode to the developer and made the suggestion that we >> purchased the app for one price. Even if it's a higher price it would be >> worth it rather than having to purchase an amount for every so many >> pictures. We have to know whether the pictures are blurry dark or otherwise >> so that we know how to place our phone and what to do to improve the quality >> of our pictures since we can't see. This information is useful, but it would >> count against how many pictures we can have. So I think that for what we get >> with this app it would be worth purchasing it for a higher price. God bless, >> Wren >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> On Nov 8, 2013, at 6:52 AM, "Alexandra - Keinohrhasenfan" >>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> I love this app, as it is very helpful to me, easy to use and the >>> developers >>> already said that there could be a fee one day. However, I'd also rather >>> pay >>> a high price and be able to use the app for a lifetime instead of the >>> subscription model. A problem I see are these pictures that are useless for >>> object recognition; pictures that are blurry, too dark or are recorded from >>> a too near or too far distance or in a wrong rotation. Most blind folks >>> don't know too much about taking really good, clear, centered photos, so I >>> guess that, depending on the circumstances, a significant amount of >>> pictures >>> will be charged but don't return a real result. Maybe it would be possible >>> to sell a standard edition of the app for a fairly high price and charge >>> extra money as in app purchases as soon as new features are being added. >>> Maybe a version with adds would be fine as well, and people who don't like >>> to see the adds would have to pay the full price. >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> Alexandra >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "rubyalphonse" <[email protected]> >>> To: <[email protected]> >>> Sent: Thursday, November 07, 2013 5:13 PM >>> Subject: RE: Tap TapSee >>> >>> >>> Hi, >>> I am getting the message to purchase credit, I am very disappointed, and >>> really upset about it. I was very happy because it helped to find out my >>> currency and many other things. Ruby----Original Message----- >>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf >>> Of Blind Treasures >>> Sent: Thursday, November 07, 2013 8:49 PM >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: Tap TapSee >>> >>> Has anyone else noticed that now when you go to use TapTapSee, you get a >>> message stating you need to purchase credits to use their app? I think it >>> was $7.99 for 100 pictures or $9.99 for unlimited per month. Hope this >>> doesn't end up hurting them. I would pay for the app but not sure I will be >>> doing credits. 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