<html>
<head>
<meta content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"
http-equiv="Content-Type">
</head>
<body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000">
<div class="moz-cite-prefix">I'll chip in with my idea/RFE:<br>
<br>
Built-in donation support.<br>
<br>
* usecase<br>
- the app is free<br>
- but there is a donation button in the store interface<br>
- users can click it to donate to the developer<br>
<br>
As it is part of the store interface, it can use the same payment
mechanism<br>
as paid apps, making the donation procedure as painless as
possible and thus more likely. :)<br>
In-application donation buttons need to use external payment
methods,<br>
that have many drawbacks such as:<br>
- being evil (PayPal)<br>
- not widely used (Flattr)<br>
- experimental (Bitcoin)<br>
- generally not being available in many countries<br>
<br>
* example of store having something like this - Mozilla addons<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/">https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/</a><br>
<br>
Each extension can have a "Contribute" button, see the Firebug
extension as an example:<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/firebug/">https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/firebug/</a><br>
<br>
* could be a nice first :)<br>
<br>
I don't know about any current mobile store having built-it
donation support,<br>
so it could be another nice first for Jolla. :)<br>
<br>
<br>
5.11.2013 22:04, Artem Marchenko:<br>
</div>
<blockquote
cite="mid:CAH3UTb4Ao0GYDgVnFcYKatTGzDydCrmRwFA22APrWj-a3cFz0A@mail.gmail.com"
type="cite">
<div dir="ltr">Hi All
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Phone is going to be in sales soon, app store is going to
accompany it. What would you as app developer appreciate in
the app phone?</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Is there anything on top of "just buy an app" or "just buy
this game upgrade in-app" what could be an important feature
for you? Any disruptive ideas?</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>As for me, I'd appreciate a couple of options:</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>1. Built-in try-before-you-buy.</div>
<div>To get rid of free/paid app pairs you see in the other app
platforms. If developer doesn't mind, user should just be able
to use app for free for some 7 or 30 days. After that - only
after payment or with some features downgraded.</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>2. Built-in subscriptions, especially for micro-sums</div>
<div>Subscription-based schemes motivate developers to improve
apps all the time while worrying less about hit-or-miss
situation, so it would be cool if app store supported it.</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>I seriously would think even of small prices as just $0.95
a year, but it has to be charged on a monthly basis yet nobody
is going to bug users with 10 cents monthly paid upgrade.</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>
It would be great if app store supported such subscription
methods natively. And certainly it could be seamlessly
combined with try-before-you-buy so that first month is
completely free.</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>What do you think?</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Cheers,</div>
<div>Artem.</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>P.S.</div>
<div>I am not working for Jolla, just a random developer
interested in the topic.<br clear="all">
<div><br>
</div>
-- <br>
Artem Marchenko<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://agilesoftwaredevelopment.com" target="_blank">http://agilesoftwaredevelopment.com</a><br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://twitter.com/AgileArtem"
target="_blank">http://twitter.com/AgileArtem</a>
</div>
</div>
<br>
<fieldset class="mimeAttachmentHeader"></fieldset>
<br>
<pre wrap="">_______________________________________________
SailfishOS.org Devel mailing list</pre>
</blockquote>
<br>
</body>
</html>