Happy To Pay
Loren Brichter of Tweetie fame recently announced that he would be releasing a new version of Tweetie for the iPhone and that users would have to pay for it. I was excited about the prospect of getting a new version of Tweetie, and wasn't all that concerned about putting out $2.99 or whatever it is to get it. Other users weren't so happy about the news:
But I think overall people like the idea of paying for a product they love:
At work I've been doing a lot of talking to customers lately, and I had a customer mention the fact that he had no problem paying for great software today, referring to NCover. It feels really good to have someone say that about something you work on.
Today I finally donated to KEXP. I've been listening to their stream for 5 years now, and I figured it was time to go ahead and pay a fair price for an outstanding service. The cool thing is, when I decided that I would respond to the pledge drive by paying up rather than by grumbling about the talking and the reduction in music, it felt really good.
