Marco Arment is right on with his last post titled Might upgrade to the paid version someday. If you use a smartphone, I recommend that you read the post. Here is my favorite part:
It’s a very common user mindset: they tolerate a lot of limitations, ads, and nags to avoid paying. It’s not that they’re cheap, per se: they just really don’t believe that apps are worth paying for, and they feel cheated or defeated if they end up needing to pay for one.2
I have definitely met a lot of people who fall into this category. I don't think less of them. It comes back to my philosophy that everyone has their favorite things in life and those tend to be the things that they spend their money on. Buying a $200 smartphone and then paying somewhere between $70-$110 a month for service but being unwilling to pay for apps is like buying an expensive refrigerator, paying to run it all month long, but being unwilling to buy food to put in it.
I enjoy apps. I think they add value to both my phone and my life. Some people feel the same way about gardening, washing their car, buying new clothes, dying their hair, dining out, traveling, donating, etc. To each their own.
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