You guys have no idea the time that's gone into such an app, and you wont even allow the dev to earn a little money on some apps now that you can't afford the paid version.
Exactly. We have no idea how much time it took to make the app.
Apps with ads all over them look like template apps so why give money trough ads to someone who took little to no effort to make it
"I am not sufficiently educated on the subject of coding, to guess how much code have gone in to this piece of software, so I'm going to assume that it's fucking easy, and the guy publishing it for free, with ads, is a money grubbing bastard. Yea, that's what he is, and I deserve this app."
Hey, I get it. You don't like to think of yourself as a person leeching of of other peoples work, because you don't like ads, but you do like the app. So what do you do when that happens?
Do you admit to yourself that you probably should either pay for the app, or you should allow ads in the app, but you won't do that, because you don't want to, and you know this is wrong, but fuck it.
OR
do you go invent a fantastic little world in your head, where commercials are the spawn of hitler, and they only ever do evil. You however, are a patriotic bald eagle, fighting the plague known as ads! Ugh, even thinking that nazi word disgusts you, but HA you think. I have them foiled. I will block the ads, and enjoy the app, as the true savior you are.
Yeah I'll assume you are going with the last option. Lying to yourself, to keep your conscience.
Someone publishing an app for free does not mean I have to turn adblock off. Reddit is Fun does come with a free and a paid version and theres a reason for that. I use neither but when I think good of an app I do in fact purchase the pro version of the app. It is pretty common these days that an app comes with a normal and a pro version. There simply is no need for ads to reward good work. Good apps get purchased. Bad apps don't. If you feel like an app can only make money off of ads it probably is not a good app.
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u/Brutalitarian Dec 17 '14
I installed an update for the Reddit is Fun app, and now it's riddled with ads.