When you are used to apt-get (or equivalent packaging systems, or download.com or whatever on Windows), the concept of paying for apps when using the App Store is baffling.
I borrowed a friend's iPhone a while ago, and I could not even find a decent free IRC client, I'm sure there might be one somewhere, but most were at best badly crippled. It was very depressing.
And I thought we dealt with the whole "it costs too much to build this software" issue ages ago, how much did it cost to build most open source projects? And who cares? The point is that people has good enough reasons to build software without needing to charge directly for it.
When you're used to the polish and quality of commercial applications, the appeal of the rough and amateur GUI-centric apps available via apt-get is baffling. Linux is a great server OS but there's a reason its irrelevant on the desktop.
I borrowed a friend's iPhone a while ago, and I could not even find a decent free IRC client, I'm sure there might be one somewhere, but most were at best badly crippled. It was very depressing.
And I thought we dealt with the whole "it costs too much to build this software" issue ages ago, how much did it cost to build most open source projects? And who cares? The point is that people has good enough reasons to build software without needing to charge directly for it.