Ah, so how many options would qualify a as not nearly then? 20? 40?
Yes Richard.
No one is disputing this is what we here feel is the best option.
I also recently paid a non-trivial renewal fee not so long ago, so I have a valid licence through next year.
So yes I am here for now.
Patronising as it can be.
1. That is a bold claim indeed. Do you have any insight into what these numbers may be? But are numbers really that important? Why not look at which apps are made with python on the mobile App Store of example: https://djangostars.com/blog/top-seven- ... lt-python/FourthWorld wrote: ↑Mon Jul 29, 2024 1:38 amAnd see the integrated IDE experience, which has led us to a world where Python is the most popular language in the world but there are likely more LC apps in the app stores than Python.
2. I have repeatedly said the sales pricing is fair - it's the internal users pricing that is not.
No one is disputing LC delivers mulltiplatform apps. But so do the examples I gave above. And because many of these are competitive, the prices reflect the competition.FourthWorld wrote: ↑Mon Jul 29, 2024 1:38 amNothing is without competition, but multiplatform native app deployment is the asset they have.
The old maxim that if you don't value your product no one else will very much holds
Which is why I've repeatedly said (but clearly to deaf ears), that the licensing and royalty fees are fair.
The issue is the "internal users" pricing.
If you say sell an app for $500 (which no app on the App Store costs), and say you sell to 5 people: that's $125 to LC and that's it. Fair.
If you distribute the same app within an organisation that's $440 for the developer licence and $440 for the user licence PER YEAR. 5 users = $2200 PER YEAR on top of your developer licence.
You can be the best product in the world but you can still price yourself out of the market...