Hacker News Reader

It doesn't seem odd when you consider the effects of supply and demand. Many players in the app market are willing to price their apps much lower than the price of a cup of coffee. Maybe the way we got here is odd, but maybe not since initially apps didn't come with business models, the culture could've extended from there.

I wouldnt undervalue coffee production either, producing a cup of coffee actually does cost more than digitally replicating and distributing an application. The microeconomics are much different.

Well you can drink coffee, whereas most apps are garbage and not useful.

Try offering a free product - you'll meet real assholes.

Coffee is tangible. Physical things are tangible. I can drink coffee and it tastes good and wakes me up.

Digital artefacts on a sharecropper platform where content and applications can be removed, "upgraded" aka less features. It's not something I 'have' so yeah the $2 could very well be smoke and mirrors.