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		guywithahat 9 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Free with In-App Purchase is a sham I like being able to see and use the app first. If something really adds value to my life I'm ok paying more than $5 dollars for it, but I don't want to spend $5 before I know that it will work. There are lots of terrible apps, and spending money on a bad one feels like getting scammed

hedora 9 months ago [–]

If curation were better, then I might be willing to just pay $5 for a highly rated app that claims to solve my problem.

Of course, if curation were better, the app in the article wouldn't have been approved.

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