<story><title>Stop Using the Cup of Coffee vs. $0.99 App Analogy</title><url>http://www.joshlehman.com/thoughts/stop-using-the-cup-of-coffee-vs-0-99-cent-app-analogy/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>makecheck</author><text>If I see something that is both &amp;quot;free&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;in-app purchases&amp;quot;, it already &lt;i&gt;greatly&lt;/i&gt; reduces the chance I&amp;#x27;ll even bother to download because &lt;i&gt;so damned many&lt;/i&gt; of these are just &lt;i&gt;terrible&lt;/i&gt; experiences.  On the off chance I bother to look one step further and preview the &amp;quot;top in-app purchases&amp;quot;, I usually see something totally unsurprising like the absurd &amp;quot;$9.99 gem bags&amp;quot; or whatever.&lt;p&gt;Please, please just start charging for apps again.  I &lt;i&gt;specifically&lt;/i&gt; search for &amp;quot;pay once and never again&amp;quot; apps now.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>Stanleyc23</author><text>I know people who have worked in the big mobile gaming companies and I can tell you that you&amp;#x27;re not in their target revenue generating demographic. They have those gem bags for the &amp;#x27;whales&amp;#x27; that will spend hundreds or even thousands on a game to offset all other lower or zero ROI users.&lt;p&gt;Power law strikes again.</text></comment>
<story><title>Stop Using the Cup of Coffee vs. $0.99 App Analogy</title><url>http://www.joshlehman.com/thoughts/stop-using-the-cup-of-coffee-vs-0-99-cent-app-analogy/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>makecheck</author><text>If I see something that is both &amp;quot;free&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;in-app purchases&amp;quot;, it already &lt;i&gt;greatly&lt;/i&gt; reduces the chance I&amp;#x27;ll even bother to download because &lt;i&gt;so damned many&lt;/i&gt; of these are just &lt;i&gt;terrible&lt;/i&gt; experiences.  On the off chance I bother to look one step further and preview the &amp;quot;top in-app purchases&amp;quot;, I usually see something totally unsurprising like the absurd &amp;quot;$9.99 gem bags&amp;quot; or whatever.&lt;p&gt;Please, please just start charging for apps again.  I &lt;i&gt;specifically&lt;/i&gt; search for &amp;quot;pay once and never again&amp;quot; apps now.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>seanalltogether</author><text>If Apple and Android had a separate search&amp;#x2F;install&amp;#x2F;purchase experience based around demoing games and unlocking the full version, I would buy so much more then I currently do.</text></comment>