• yopyop@feddit.de
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    11 months ago

    imagine paying for an app icon… what next ? paying for a ringtone like in the good old days?

    • Zedge comes to mind. A site for buying ringtones (among other things like notification tones and wallpapers) or at least barred you from downloading the “premium” ones without subscription.

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        11 months ago

        Oh my fucking god, memories of that scam service “Jamba” flooding back. It was like two years in a row of Crazy Frog ads for it.

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          11 months ago

          There will always be tech un-savvy people who prefer to pay for something (and have someone to call when it doesn’t work) than have to spend 5 minutes learning how to do it themselves.

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      11 months ago

      Reverse it. Make it play an annoying sound without paying, only changeable with premium. Late stage capitalism in its finest.