• NateNate60@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    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

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      9 months ago

      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.

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        9 months ago

        I’d go as far as 5 dollars a month, which is more than the buck thirty they make off users right now.

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          9 months ago

          Active users would, I probably would too. Problem is most apps would struggle to even get new users with that system.

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      9 months ago

      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.

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      8 months ago

      Recently I stumbled on Relay, still going strong with a subscription model (because API fees).

      That said, I refuse to return to that platform.

      • NateNate60@lemmy.world
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        8 months ago

        You can patch old third-party apps with ReVanced. That being said, they are unmaintained and will still eventually break.