Why I still pay for Android apps when everything has a free version

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It’s rough out there for mobile app developers. The Play Store is filled with millions of apps to compete with, and most of them are free. Yet, even with so many free apps to choose from, I gladly pay for many of my favorites, and I enjoy my phone much more as a result.

I’ll happily pay to get rid of ads

Ads in apps are far too intrusive

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Creating software isn’t free. Someone has to give their time to create the software we love, and they deserve to be compensated for their work. On phones and tablets, many turn to ads as the most promising way to make a profit.

I get it, but as a user, I’ve never seen an implementation of ads that I didn’t find too intrusive. I’m not putting up with banner ads at the top or bottom of an app. They’re a barely tolerable necessary evil on the web, where websites replicate the ad-supported designs of newspapers. Software is a different story. I’m not letting an ad occupy space on any interface I need to regularly interact with.

Pop-up video ads are even worse. I don’t understand how anyone can sit through ten seconds of an ad before exporting a document or converting an MP3. Even when I was a broke teenager without access to a credit card, I would have considered this unacceptable and sought out another option, which is how I discovered the wide world of free and open source…

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