@bender@twtxt.net Mind to share a few vanilla apps you are using ?

On the topic, I have mixed feelings. With Apps/Software/Services that are continuously improving, it could be acceptable IMO. My main issue is when you keep paying for a “finished product”. It’s more complicated if it has ads, it’s freemium, uses servers, and so on.
On the production side, well, they do it because they can (although we don’t like that they can, it seems). Development costs are continuously increasing, so it’s an endless rush to spend more to compete, subsidize costs somehow, then earn more, rinse and repeat.
I’ve seen successes of 5-10% on indie developers, but I’d like to know the numbers for huge companies. I’d expect to have big pressure from investors to sustain growth and fail way less.