[SailfishDevel] Jolla Harbour and Jolla Store

[Andrey Kozhevnikov]

Maybe Humble Bundle strategy then? Pay as more as you can and then you 
can get apps you want :)

On 09.11.2013 03:48, Michal Jerz wrote:
>> People who won't have money - won't buy. If they can't
>> use the apps, they won't use the system. And choose
>> Android/Jailbroken iOS
> The N9 costed $650 and generally wasn't subsidized, so it certainly wasn't a
> phone for 'poor people'. How could have a person afforded a $650 smartphone
> but not a $1 application? It obviously wasn't about "no money" but about
> "not willing to spend any money if a copy is available for free and so
> EASILY installable, without ANY effort or risk".
>
> As for "if they can't use the apps they won't use the system and will choose
> Android instead", I really do want to support Sailfish OS, but I don't think
> I am ready to give up on all my revenue only to "attract to the platform
> those who don't want to spend any money on anything but the device itself".
> I'm not THAT altruistic :-)
>
> Lastly, on a platform providing Android compatibility, possible revenue of
> 'native developers' is already strongly (negatively) affected by
> availability of TENS OF THOUSANDS of free (and cracked) Android
> applications. I released several paid apps for BB10 and I know how hard it
> is to compete with numerous freely available Android equivalents (even worse
> - but free).
>
> For any given native application to be made for Sailfish OS (or BB10), at
> least a DOZEN free Android equivalents already exist. To make someone buy
> the native application, it will have to be CONSIDERABLY BETTER, thus
> requiring even more effort and investment. I am ready for that challenge,
> but please let's NOT further diminish chances of native Sailfish OS
> developers by opting AGAINST any copy protection, especially an OPTIONAL one
> that won't be forcing anyone to use it.
>
> For a platform to be REALLY successful, I believe it takes both a lot of
> 'happy users' and a lot of 'happy developers'. Not JUST users. Unless one
> thinks that all Sailfish OS needs is possibility to run Android apps, as
> that's how it'll end up if developing native software turns out to be
> completely unrewarding... I'm afraid that as just a good looking "Android
> emulator" it would not survive long.
>
>> If someone wants to crack, he'll crack anyway
> At least he will have to make the effort, and those who then install it will
> have to bear some risk (e.g. of getting blacklisted from the store, as Ronni
> wrote).
>
> Referring to an example from my previous email, why do you have any locks in
> your home's or garage's door? If someone wants to break in, he'll break in
> anyway... It's kind of inconsistent to have locks at home and vote against
> any software protection.
>
> Obviously, it's not that all those who use cracked copies would buy a legal
> copy if no crack was available. But THE EASIER it is to make/get a cracked
> version and the easier (and risk-free) it is to install it, the more people
> GET TEMPTED to use it instead of paying even just $1 (which, I am sure,
> every owner of a $500-600 smartphone can afford, unless he stole it, too).
> So it is actually a matter of *ALTERNATIVE COST*. Make it sufficiently
> cumbersome (and possibly also risky) and at least SOME people will find
> paying $1 simply EASIER and QUICKER than bothering with not so easily
> installable and potentially risky stuff.  Or opt for lack of any protection
> and only real altruists (i.e. probably some 0,5% of this species) will pay
> you $1 for what they can get for free without ANY risk and with THE SAME
> effort.
>
>
> Cheers,
> Michal
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