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I like the idea of Donationware. The end users get a full working product without built in ads/spam while the author get a few bucks.
Also, as an end user, when I download a program that is 'free' I often wonder what the catch is. It seems like donationware programs have fewer hidden agendas.(malware/virus/spam/pay-for-full/trial/etc.)
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How statistically relevant and/or valid are these Straw Poll Questions given only between 850 ~ 1450 (out of 10+ million) CP Members respond to it?
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I do not like Ads, but I have tried showing Ads in a Lite version of my app.
Ads are annoying, gather info, take space, bandwidth and CPU.
But they give a feeling of Free stuff. And they allow to try the apps.
App Stores are, among other things, an attempt to provide money to developer. But it is far from perfect.
I would like to say that I will not show Ads in future apps, but I can't say at this time.
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For better or for worse, despite all best Steve Jobs intentions after introduction of Android people come to expect a free staff. At least to try. And here lies a question - how do you as a developer make money? Most likely you came up with a niche product. It's hard to achieve a notoriety of the Google or Twitter. You don't have a budget to spread the word by paying for the Superball ad. It's hard to get people to pay for what you did. Advertising is a simple answer. As annoying as it is to see ads, we all have to be re-reimbursed for what we do. Enthusiasm only goes so far when you have a mortgage, kids and car payments.
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I answered "Probably not". How do I monetize? I get paid to do my day job. For anything on the side, one of the following apply:
- My app is not free in the first place.
- My app is itself advertising for an app with more features.
- My app is itself advertising for potential customers of my services.
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It's nice when you get paid at work - takes a headache of bringing a revenue off your hands. As far as I'm concern, I get more sick and tired of the apps, that is nothing but a flash screen and link to the paid version much more then the banner ads. Just last week I purchased an OBD device for my car. Next thing - lookup on google play free software and installed 5 different apps to manage the device. Select from them the one that does what I need and uninstalled the rest. I imagine, I'm not the only one following this scheme. How would you suggest to make money in this situation?
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In this particular case, I would have no objection to putting a link for car parts or OBD devices in the description of the app or a banner for parts at the bottom of the results screen possibly targeted to the diagnostic code. I would also contact parts suppliers and ask them if they would pay you to host a link to your app on their parts site as a customer service.
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"Non-web apps" means different things to different people. I don't write mobile apps - instead, I write desktop apps - so my answer is no, I would never put advertising in my non-web apps.
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Same here... I don't work on mobile applications, so no... I would never think of putting advertisements on desktop/server applications (although a lot of them do have company logos, but that's usually expected... we're not selling advertisement space, it's not Nascar).
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Google Ads on my freeware product pages.
/ravi
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Depending on what type of game that's written and if it was possible to get the sponsorship then yes. Sports games just doesn't feel authentic without the ads around the arena.
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No! I don't like to show off new collection of summer shoes on my applications, which has nothing to do with shoes!
Instead, I may ask for a subscription, in-app purchase, token, promotion codes to earn money. But, ads? Never!
The sh*t I complain about
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I make software for machines... most of them are not internet connected so...
And usually people buy them to work hard and to take the maximum production...
Seeing adverts is not a desired thing there...
Even if they are dedicated to enlarge things or so... 
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The last time I had power to make such decisions was some 15 years ago when I ran my own business.
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. . . I already whore my remarkable talents.*
But seriously, if the people who pay me to make the application want me to put advertising in it, why not.
For that matter, what if advertising were the sole purpose of the application.
On the other hand, there are some websites I manage (donated time) and I don't allow advertising.
But - as usual, the survey answers elephanted up - as nothing like it's not a thought one way or the other - it's a job.
* whoring now available, for a limited time only, on so many levels!
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modified 8-Feb-16 7:07am.
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When you build and app with profit in mind you need to decide how is someone going to pay for it.
It doesn't really matter if it's a Web, Desktop, IoT... whatever.
You may have:
- pay once, done
- subscriptions
- free with advertisements
- a combination of all the above
Many developers simply give their work away for free just asking for you to see some advertisement.
I don't think that's unfair; especially when you have the choice to pay and get rid of it.
I work on enterprise software, I never had to deal with this kind of topics myself but as a user, I fully understand the reason behind advertisement on applications.
Anyway, if it's too much advertisement for the quality of the app, it will naturally push users away.
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...if I was writing a "general release" free Android ap or similar then discrete advertising (with a small charge to remove them permanently) is fine, and I'd do that.
But I don't write that kind of app - I write apps for a specific customer. Who would probably not be happy if I wasted valuable screen real-estate on adverts within an app he's paid me to write...
And the recent trend to 30-second video ads you can't skip can go stick it's head in a pig!
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Ads would probably be the reason why our robot overlords would weed us out.
I can see it, one day someone's ad is going to annoy the wrong robot overlord, and he's going to go all terminator on us, until the last advertiser is extinct.
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I'm writing two kind of code
1. for the company - and there it is not my businesses to set or not to set adverts...
2. for myself - if these codes are useful I'm sharing them as open source for free, so again it is not in my hand
(I have heard that advertising can make money for you, but found it a bit annoying - to the end user - so I do not think to use it)
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Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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Would consider ads in the free version of a program where there is a ad-free, or, more functional commercial version, available ?
However, my answer would have been the same.
Is an application that is not web-centric, but, includes an update mechanism (a Win Service ?) that also notifies users of special offers, etc., from the software company only: is that an alternative that could be considered ?
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Adds are taking more and more space everywhere, I’m sick of them.
No way I’m putting them in my apps (Windows Programs) at any price.
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This follows along with my belief that there comes a point of time where the money just isn't worth it. There are just some lines you don't cross.
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Not only taking more space but make application slow too. 
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