"Apple lures people into the business of developing apps with visions of the great wealth that a few of them get"
I wonder if developing FOSS software is proven best in this area... (for individuals, not just companies)
I wonder if developing FOSS software is proven best in this area... (for individuals, not just companies)
How do you effectively distribute that advancement so that it "rises the tide"? Is a price a valid indicator of value? No, we see these days that free services are much more quickly adopted. Most people judge value by practicality and word of mouth.
If you start extracting value from that service by charging for it, aren't you effectively negating the benefit to society?
Imagine you invented a murder App. (lets call it iMurder) This app replaced the need to murder people, through a complex spanning tree alogirthm that combines social network data and communication and travel restriction protocols (commonly known as SAML) and a fully immersive augmented reality overlay. (compatible with Google Glass)
How much do you charge for this app?
what is the best model to make sure you can benefit the most from that?
So, how much are you going to charge for iMurder?
To clarify, do you think you'll make more money in your life giving it away for free or selling it?
Not sure. Linux is free but has less spread than Windows (on the desktop at least).
In the same vain GIMP is free, but more people use Photoshop.
And Ardour is free but has an very small number of users, even compared to $1000 DAWs.
So it can vary.