Comment by FirmwareBurner
1 year ago
Other apps have teams that do the same things, with one-time purchases, like in my examples above.
As a SW dev I can empathize with your PoV, but from the perspective of an end consumer, I don't care about the externalities of the manufacturer of the product, I only care about value for my money.
When you need to buy a new t-shirt, do you go and buy the one from the manufacturer that feeds the most families or do you buy the best value one from the nearest Walmart/Target/GAP that fulfills your needs for the best value (most likely made in an Asian sweatshop)? That's how most consumers think, including you.
The costs, risks and dependencies of the manufacturer/vendor are irelevant to the end consumer, that's the cold harted calculated truth of how the free market capitalism works, and how it decides who lives and who dies.
>The costs, risks and dependencies of the manufacturer/vendor are irrelevant to the end consumer
As is the desire from the customer for a one off purchase.
I buy my t-shirts from Colorful Standards. They are 39€ a pop, but they last longer and are produced sustainably in Portugal.