jrefior, 7 months ago (edited 7 months ago)

@stopthatgirl7
afaik Overcast is just one guy trying to run a small, independent business, with no wealthy investors demanding rapid growth and a 10x return on their startup capital
https://overcast.fm/
https://marco.org/

Still technofeudalism in that case?

If he can't run ads or charge a subscription fee, what should he do?

stopthatgirl7, 7 months ago

@jrefior I am perfectly fine with a one-time purchase and paying for major numbered upgrades. Not paying endlessly.

It doesn’t stop being technofeudalism just because it’s one guy doing it instead of a big company.

jrefior, 7 months ago

@stopthatgirl7
Genuine question: do app stores enable appmakers to sell version upgrades?

If not, I guess they'd have to publish each version as a separate app? Here's a link to the new one, delete your old one?

Not sure phone platforms and app stores make this payment/business model easy

stopthatgirl7, 7 months ago

@jrefior Tweetbot, before they switched to a subscription model, released it as a new app when they did major upgrades. I used to get them before they switched to a subscription model.