Here is the important sentence.
it's easy saying that now. let's see what really happens once the money stops rolling in.
Here is the important sentence.
Twitter will only allow 100,000 users for any 3rd party twitter client (with some exceptions for clients that existed at the time the rule went into effect.)
pffff $20 my personal limit of apps is $2,99
What up with the comma?
Is it 2 dollars and 99 cents or 299 dollars?
Still, 100,000 tokens at $20 each is $2 million, or $1.4 million once Apple takes their cut. Not too bad, and even if twitter asks for, say, $10K for an additional 100,000 tokens that'd be workable.
Personally not paying $20 for a twitter app, nor will I be revoking my tokens. When the money grabbing stops and the price becomes reasonable, I'll buy it, but until then, the token stays on the several accounts I used during the betas.
From listening to the guys in the jailbreak community, its pretty sad these days. Apps that are $.99 still get pirated. People pretty much refuse to pay for an app thats more than $2.99.
I can understand not wanting to spend the $20 but why be a token whore? Is it spite, just can't be bothered to revoke them or am I missing something? Not knocking you, just trying to understand the motivation.
That being said I doubt I'll be spending the $20 either. I'm already into them for that much getting Tweetbot/Netbot on my iPhone and iPad. It's not the money as much as usecase. Twitter/AppNet just don't have the same appeal for me on the desktop as they do on a mobile device.
If you look at where the OP is from, you'll see that he's in Germany, where (like much of Europe) it's customary to use commas instead of decimal points with prices.
Thanks for the explanation. So your more or less holding a place in line just in case they lower the price?Its a combination of not rewarding this behavior (passing the screwing Twitter is giving them onto the customer) and the fact that if they come to their senses and lower the price, I want those tokens so I can actually use what really is a good application, just not worth $20 imho.
Does syncing actually work? I've never gotten the beta to successfully sync with the iOS counter part on iCloud or Tweet Marker. It honestly is the most annoying thing about using Twitter. If Twitter can release a client that fixes that like how Tweetie was supposed to, then I'd support them blocking out 3rd party clients.
Its a combination of not rewarding this behavior (passing the screwing Twitter is giving them onto the customer) and the fact that if they come to their senses and lower the price, I want those tokens so I can actually use what really is a good application, just not worth $20 imho.
Woah, back up there a minute.
Jailbreaking and pirating are VERY different things. Get your facts right before making such absurd remarks.
Jailbreaking = Legal and adds function to an otherwise locked down device - at no point is ANYTHING stolen from ANYONE.
You do know that once the 100,000 tokens are taken Tapbots will pull Tweetbot from MAS? They will not lower the price.
In a weird way you're somewhat stealing from them.
You do know that once the 100,000 tokens are taken Tapbots will pull Tweetbot from MAS? They will not lower the price.
In a weird way you're somewhat stealing from them.
Your assuming that Tapbots can sell $100,000 copies at $20. What if they can only sell 50,000 at that price, do they leave the other 50,000 token un used. I'm guessing that Sensotech is betting that Tapbots will come to the same realisation that Apple did with the original iPhone, that they've priced their product higher than all but the most loyal of users are willing to pay. Nor am I convinced that 100,000 tokens is a hard limit, you may need to cut Twitter in for a bigger cut to get more tokens but its possible that a deal could be made.
I use the Twitter's Mac app because I love the automatically refreshing timeline. I use Twitter WAY more now because I have this ability. When Twitter announced they were discontinuing the app, I was really disappointed.
I decided to just buy Tweetbot. I'm a little disgusted with myself for dropping $20 on a Twitter app, but whatever.
The interface is really nice, though.
Personally not paying $20 for a twitter app, nor will I be revoking my tokens. When the money grabbing stops and the price becomes reasonable, I'll buy it, but until then, the token stays on the several accounts I used during the betas.
What up with the comma?
Is it 2 dollars and 99 cents or 299 dollars?
we use comma instead of a point just as we put the currency after the number and write dates in an order that makes actual sense