Vget now chromecast compatible..
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It's his right to do whatever he wants with the app, IMHO, he is the one that is spending time and resources upgrading it.
But I feel that as a customer it's very... Scummy, for a previously free app now to be paid.
Vget has plenty of ads everywhere, I'm finding it hard to believe it wasn't "enough" considering it has 50k downloads and growing. Maybe he has to do some stuff server side?
I have no problem buying apps, I have spent hundreds of dollars on the store already, I will not be subject to this type of bargaining however, out of principle.
No app is indispensable.
The correct way of "doing" this would be to offer either a donation version with new features or simply a donation version out of good will.
Kinda like greenify did it with the extra features of the pro version.
I have donated several times to people here on xda, and other app developers, I understand that I'm not in the majority though.
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But I feel that as a customer it's very... Scummy, for a previously free app now to be paid.
Vget has plenty of ads everywhere, I'm finding it hard to believe it wasn't "enough" considering it has 50k downloads and growing. Maybe he has to do some stuff server side?
I have no problem buying apps, I have spent hundreds of dollars on the store already, I will not be subject to this type of bargaining however, out of principle.
No app is indispensable.
The correct way of "doing" this would be to offer either a donation version with new features or simply a donation version out of good will.
Kinda like greenify did it with the extra features of the pro version.
I have donated several times to people here on xda, and other app developers, I understand that I'm not in the majority though.
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It is what it is.
He has the right to monetize in a way that works for him, you have the right to choose.
I guess it's best to point out that if you want to make suggestions for alternatives, his vGet thread is here -
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2366257
Otherwise, the free ride is over and that happens.
He has the right to monetize in a way that works for him, you have the right to choose.
I guess it's best to point out that if you want to make suggestions for alternatives, his vGet thread is here -
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2366257
Otherwise, the free ride is over and that happens.
FWIW, AllCast went the same way, just the beta was free and though I think it never made it to GPlay.
Similar to how CCast support is part of Avia's paid extras. There's really no right or wrong - just whatever works best for the vendor and their customer base. After all, Plex seems to be doing okay getting people to pay for beta testing, as early access seems to be the new status symbol these days, heh.
Whatever takes the most time and/or is most popular is a common approach to determining paid add-ons.
IMO, AllCast and BubbleUPnP's time-limited approach works well as it provides the ability to preview functionality for more than 15 minutes (GPlay return time) before committing.
:good: Glad I'm not the only one providing appreciation for efforts.
Over 50,000 have enjoyed it free beginning last July.
I look at as a pretty fair free beta period.
I wasn't happy with the surprise but that's on me. I'm never happy with surprises.
If he should ever retire the paid version without warning and then expect a re-purchase, that would be scummy.
That's very rare but it's happened.
And that's not happening here.
So far this just looks like the price needed.
I look at as a pretty fair free beta period.
I wasn't happy with the surprise but that's on me. I'm never happy with surprises.
If he should ever retire the paid version without warning and then expect a re-purchase, that would be scummy.
That's very rare but it's happened.
And that's not happening here.
So far this just looks like the price needed.
I don't think anybody here has a problem with software authors charging for their work. It's entirely up to them how they want to introduce the paid version and how much they want to charge. But people are free to react too. In this case I think the author shouldn't have reached out to disable the previous free version without warning. People don't like having the rug pulled out from under them. Better to introduce an improved paid version and everyone who really wants it will gradually upgrade from the old inferior free version which is no longer available for download. I think the author also didn't do himself any favors by making disparaging remarks about users who don't want to pay to keep using vGet.
@bhiga I never thought of allcast as free, it was a very closed beta among xda members that got leaked into the general public.
When it in fact released to the playstore, didn't it already have iaps? When I downloaded it had them
Or maybe he mentioned somewhere that it was going to be paid beforehand, I just remember not being surprised at all
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When it in fact released to the playstore, didn't it already have iaps? When I downloaded it had them
Or maybe he mentioned somewhere that it was going to be paid beforehand, I just remember not being surprised at all
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You're right, my mistake.
I had forgotten about the timebombs that were embedded in the betas. Thus the "public" releases were third-party builds (with timebomb removed).
And I think he did mention that he was planning to make it a paid app. Not sure if there was a free period earlier. There was one recently, due to bugfixing though. Personally I like the time-limited model. Or one of the more-interesting models was that of PC application Cool Edit - it had all features, but without purchase you could only access a certain number of features that you selected at startup.
The financial irony here is that from various comments on the net, this has been a popular app for downloading from pirated source sites (in addition to regular use).
I have to imagine that there are a few people out there suffering from cognitive dissonance on that.
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=50683669
PS - not pointing fingers or playing "holier than thou" - just saying, there is a comedy component here no matter who ya are.
I have to imagine that there are a few people out there suffering from cognitive dissonance on that.
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=50683669
PS - not pointing fingers or playing "holier than thou" - just saying, there is a comedy component here no matter who ya are.
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Thing is, it was free, people realised they could use it to share links to chromecast capable apps (that were paid), cue a lot of downloads, then he added direct chromecast support, so cue a further rush of new customers, then bang hit them with paid and kill previous version.
That's is dev prerogative, but the idea is to keep customers, not kind of annoy them.
Its just a move to cash in on the new chromecast app gold rush. Understandable but perhaps short sighted, Soon natural selection will yield less **** free apps and higher quality paid ones, but right now its a 'try anything for a bit o cash' approach. So for me that means I keep hold of my cash and dont buy any paid chromecast apps unless they totally rock.
I think using it for pirating is not main use, gee enough folk use 'shoebox' and avia or allcast for that.
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That's is dev prerogative, but the idea is to keep customers, not kind of annoy them.
Its just a move to cash in on the new chromecast app gold rush. Understandable but perhaps short sighted, Soon natural selection will yield less **** free apps and higher quality paid ones, but right now its a 'try anything for a bit o cash' approach. So for me that means I keep hold of my cash and dont buy any paid chromecast apps unless they totally rock.
I think using it for pirating is not main use, gee enough folk use 'shoebox' and avia or allcast for that.
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Where do you see that? The latest version in the Play Store still appears to be 0.4.4, 14-day trial.
Sorry I read it wrong had my eyes dilated at eye Dr today and read it wrong.
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2I don't think anybody here has a problem with software authors charging for their work. It's entirely up to them how they want to introduce the paid version and how much they want to charge. But people are free to react too. In this case I think the author shouldn't have reached out to disable the previous free version without warning. People don't like having the rug pulled out from under them. Better to introduce an improved paid version and everyone who really wants it will gradually upgrade from the old inferior free version which is no longer available for download. I think the author also didn't do himself any favors by making disparaging remarks about users who don't want to pay to keep using vGet.1It is what it is.
He has the right to monetize in a way that works for him, you have the right to choose.
I guess it's best to point out that if you want to make suggestions for alternatives, his vGet thread is here -
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2366257
Otherwise, the free ride is over and that happens.1
FWIW, AllCast went the same way, just the beta was free and though I think it never made it to GPlay.
Similar to how CCast support is part of Avia's paid extras. There's really no right or wrong - just whatever works best for the vendor and their customer base. After all, Plex seems to be doing okay getting people to pay for beta testing, as early access seems to be the new status symbol these days, heh.
Whatever takes the most time and/or is most popular is a common approach to determining paid add-ons.
IMO, AllCast and BubbleUPnP's time-limited approach works well as it provides the ability to preview functionality for more than 15 minutes (GPlay return time) before committing.
:good: Glad I'm not the only one providing appreciation for efforts.1
You're right, my mistake.
I had forgotten about the timebombs that were embedded in the betas. Thus the "public" releases were third-party builds (with timebomb removed).
And I think he did mention that he was planning to make it a paid app. Not sure if there was a free period earlier. There was one recently, due to bugfixing though. Personally I like the time-limited model. Or one of the more-interesting models was that of PC application Cool Edit - it had all features, but without purchase you could only access a certain number of features that you selected at startup.
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