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minus-squareNateNate60@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up32arrow-down3·9 months agoI said it before on Reddit and I will say it again here— If Reddit has asked me for a premium subscription to use my favourite third-party app, I would have fucking paid. Just bad business all around
minus-squareKinglink@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·9 months agoI don’t know the right price point, but 1 dollar a month probably would have worked for most people. It just wasn’t enough because they probably can make more than 1 by spoon feeding you ads now.
minus-squarekingthrillgore@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·9 months agoI’d go as far as 5 dollars a month, which is more than the buck thirty they make off users right now.
minus-squareKinglink@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 months agoActive users would, I probably would too. Problem is most apps would struggle to even get new users with that system.
minus-squareRumbelows@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down3·9 months ago100% I did pay for the premium version of Apollo and I absolutely would have paid about £20 a month for access. It was the #1 most used app on all my devices.
minus-squaretb_@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 months agoRecently I stumbled on Relay, still going strong with a subscription model (because API fees). That said, I refuse to return to that platform.
minus-squareNateNate60@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 months agoYou can patch old third-party apps with ReVanced. That being said, they are unmaintained and will still eventually break.
I said it before on Reddit and I will say it again here—
If Reddit has asked me for a premium subscription to use my favourite third-party app, I would have fucking paid.
Just bad business all around
I don’t know the right price point, but 1 dollar a month probably would have worked for most people. It just wasn’t enough because they probably can make more than 1 by spoon feeding you ads now.
I’d go as far as 5 dollars a month, which is more than the buck thirty they make off users right now.
Active users would, I probably would too. Problem is most apps would struggle to even get new users with that system.
100% I did pay for the premium version of Apollo and I absolutely would have paid about £20 a month for access.
It was the #1 most used app on all my devices.
Recently I stumbled on Relay, still going strong with a subscription model (because API fees).
That said, I refuse to return to that platform.
You can patch old third-party apps with ReVanced. That being said, they are unmaintained and will still eventually break.