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Title: Is anyone?
Post by: tp4tissue on Thu, 05 December 2013, 03:52:40

...... paying for android apps?

I'm just wondering, since I haven't met one yet? (http://www.cute-factor.com/images/smilies/onion/efb50fe2.gif)

Also, which ones are ur daily goto

My only daily app is that one free multiplayer mahjong..

Title: Re: Is anyone?
Post by: rowdy on Thu, 05 December 2013, 03:53:42

I'm not!

Title: Re: Is anyone?
Post by: tp4tissue on Thu, 05 December 2013, 03:54:25

Quote from: rowdy on Thu, 05 December 2013, 03:53:42

I'm not!

(http://www.freesmileys.org/emoticons/tuzki-bunnys/tuzki-bunny-emoticon-007.gif)

Title: Re: Is anyone?
Post by: moogle on Thu, 05 December 2013, 03:54:53

... am i not supposed to pay for android apps?

Title: Re: Is anyone?
Post by: rowdy on Thu, 05 December 2013, 03:56:29

Quote from: tp4tissue on Thu, 05 December 2013, 03:52:40

Also, which ones are ur daily goto

My only daily app is that one free multiplayer mahjong..

None!

Title: Re: Is anyone?
Post by: FreeCopy on Thu, 05 December 2013, 04:01:29

Swype. I bought it when it was $0.99
I've found I like it best among the android keyboards.

Title: Re: Is anyone?
Post by: dustinhxc on Thu, 05 December 2013, 04:59:59

When I had a transformer prime, I rooted it and I only bought the apps that I wanted to support the developer of! On my iPhone though I pay for a ton. It was jailbroken and same thing went, donated or bought apps which I felt the developer should get some funds :)

Title: Re: Is anyone?
Post by: tp4tissue on Thu, 05 December 2013, 05:16:44

Quote from: dustinhxc on Thu, 05 December 2013, 04:59:59

When I had a transformer prime, I rooted it and I only bought the apps that I wanted to support the developer of! On my iPhone though I pay for a ton. It was jailbroken and same thing went, donated or bought apps which I felt the developer should get some funds :)

This is a good policy...

I haven't found any such apps that I use enough to qualify..

That only mahjong app I use is f2p

Title: Re: Is anyone?
Post by: yasuo on Thu, 05 December 2013, 05:26:55

i don't like touch screen (http://i.imgur.com/HyfXA83.gif)

Title: Re: Is anyone?
Post by: Tym on Thu, 05 December 2013, 05:52:45

Quote from: FreeCopy on Thu, 05 December 2013, 04:01:29

Swype. I bought it when it was $0.99
I've found I like it best among the android keyboards.

I thought android phones have that built in now? Atleast mine does :)

Title: Re: Is anyone?
Post by: SpAmRaY on Thu, 05 December 2013, 06:14:47

Quote from: Tym on Thu, 05 December 2013, 05:52:45

Quote from: FreeCopy on Thu, 05 December 2013, 04:01:29

Swype. I bought it when it was $0.99
I've found I like it best among the android keyboards.

I thought android phones have that built in now? Atleast mine does :)

The newer built-in one is nice!

And I've paid for plenty of $0.99 apps, especially if its something I really enjoy and/or use a lot.

I realize everyone's always like, "i'm a pirate...arghhhh.....why you noob scallywag pay for dis!" But my view is if I actually like/use something it's worth paying a small amount for, same goes with windows apps etc.

Title: Re: Is anyone?
Post by: Tym on Thu, 05 December 2013, 06:24:44

I didn't know you could get apps pirate-ly (easily) never bothered to look into it really. My phone is too small to play games on now, eyes are too bad :(

Title: Re: Is anyone?
Post by: Oobly on Thu, 05 December 2013, 07:08:37

Quote from: SpAmRaY on Thu, 05 December 2013, 06:14:47

...

I realize everyone's always like, "i'm a pirate...arghhhh.....why you noob scallywag pay for dis!" But my view is if I actually like/use something it's worth paying a small amount for, same goes with windows apps etc.

^^ This. I use a few. Root Explorer, Realcalc Plus, Neutron MP are ones I can think of off the top of my head. Apps that either give functionality you can't get from free ones or things I use a lot every day and want to function really well.

Title: Re: Is anyone?
Post by: FreeCopy on Thu, 05 December 2013, 07:20:24

Quote from: Tym on Thu, 05 December 2013, 05:52:45

Quote from: FreeCopy on Thu, 05 December 2013, 04:01:29

Swype. I bought it when it was $0.99
I've found I like it best among the android keyboards.

I thought android phones have that built in now? Atleast mine does :)

It did/does. The thing that made me spring for it was the ability to backup my dictionary. At the time I first was using it that wasn't a built in feature. So I paid really for the cloud sync. The only thing I can remember that was different/better than the pre-loaded version. If dictionary backup is built into the free version now I didn't know.
All in all I've found it very much worth all 99 cents.

Title: Re: Is anyone?
Post by: tp4tissue on Thu, 05 December 2013, 11:06:42

Quote from: Tym on Thu, 05 December 2013, 06:24:44

I didn't know you could get apps pirate-ly (easily) never bothered to look into it really. My phone is too small to play games on now, eyes are too bad :(

It's so stupidly easy... completely n00b proof.. and 0 risk of screwing up your phone...

This is probably why android is much more popular vs iOS... free apps essentially.

Title: Re: Is anyone?
Post by: Sifo on Thu, 05 December 2013, 12:20:37

free multi-player mahjong as in the real game and not matching bull****??? please link please

Title: Re: Is anyone?
Post by: 127001 on Thu, 05 December 2013, 13:44:38

Guys, they're like a dollar...

Title: Re: Is anyone?
Post by: IPT on Thu, 05 December 2013, 13:50:23

i paid for Tapatalk, also paid for the slingplayer app since my old version wouldn't work with my new slingplayer 350.  And the new app i found does a g-play check that renders it useless, so i broke down and bought it for $15.

Title: Re: Is anyone?
Post by: Moosecraft on Thu, 05 December 2013, 14:09:52

Guys .apk?

Title: Re: Is anyone?
Post by: agodinhost on Thu, 05 December 2013, 14:34:39

I paid only for a few decent dicionaries (Oxford, Britanica)

Title: Re: Is anyone?
Post by: mooswa on Thu, 05 December 2013, 14:38:06

Long time back I've decided to always pay for things I enjoy and would like to see more - music, books, apps, whatever.  I mean don't you want your favourite band/author to create more good stuff?  Changing the world one purchase at a time.

Title: Re: Is anyone?
Post by: tp4tissue on Thu, 05 December 2013, 15:04:35

Quote from: Moosecraft on Thu, 05 December 2013, 14:09:52

Guys .apk?

yea... .apk    To "arrrg... " on the iphone is like ridiculously Hard...

To "arrrg... " on the android is like  2 mins of waiting for the dl to finish, and copy-paste.. done..

I honestly can't believe they made it that easy...

I suppose they did lock out adblock, so now I have to use firefox... but at least I can get adblock somewhere....


(http://www.cute-factor.com/images/smilies/onion/sillyp1.gif)

Title: Re: Is anyone?
Post by: IPT on Thu, 05 December 2013, 15:39:20

Quote from: tp4tissue on Thu, 05 December 2013, 15:04:35

Quote from: Moosecraft on Thu, 05 December 2013, 14:09:52

Guys .apk?

yea... .apk    To "arrrg... " on the iphone is like ridiculously Hard...

To "arrrg... " on the android is like  2 mins of waiting for the dl to finish, and copy-paste.. done..

I honestly can't believe they made it that easy...

I suppose they did lock out adblock, so now I have to use firefox... but at least I can get adblock somewhere....

Show Image

(http://www.cute-factor.com/images/smilies/onion/sillyp1.gif)

some apps cross check your google play account for verification
Slingplayer is one of them
I used the apk i found b4, but since the latest updates which I had to use since my new slingplayer wasn't supported by the old app, i couldn't do it anymore.

Title: Re: Is anyone?
Post by: stoic-lemon on Thu, 05 December 2013, 15:43:19

I guess this kind of BS is totally acceptable nowadays.

Title: Re: Is anyone?
Post by: noisyturtle on Thu, 05 December 2013, 15:58:46

I paid for some games with higher production values/costs if that counts. The only non-entertainment app I've ever bought was Unified Remote Desktop which I used a ton for like a year then never used again. I mean, it was like $10-15 or something but it transfers each time you get a new phone and it does work well and get updated. I once made the mistake of putting it on my roommates computer to mess with him, but when I opened the app to prank him he was fapping to porn. Awkward. :(

Title: Re: Is anyone?
Post by: oTurtlez on Thu, 05 December 2013, 16:19:00

I paid the $4 for swiftkey, damn worth it too. I've also paid a dollar once for GTA III when it was on sale, but the other apps are usually either free or "free".

Title: Re: Is anyone?
Post by: tp4tissue on Thu, 05 December 2013, 16:51:57

Quote from: projectD on Thu, 05 December 2013, 15:39:20

Quote from: tp4tissue on Thu, 05 December 2013, 15:04:35

Quote from: Moosecraft on Thu, 05 December 2013, 14:09:52

Guys .apk?

yea... .apk    To "arrrg... " on the iphone is like ridiculously Hard...

To "arrrg... " on the android is like  2 mins of waiting for the dl to finish, and copy-paste.. done..

I honestly can't believe they made it that easy...

I suppose they did lock out adblock, so now I have to use firefox... but at least I can get adblock somewhere....

Show Image

(http://www.cute-factor.com/images/smilies/onion/sillyp1.gif)

some apps cross check your google play account for verification
Slingplayer is one of them
I used the apk i found b4, but since the latest updates which I had to use since my new slingplayer wasn't supported by the old app, i couldn't do it anymore.

sling player?  U watch TV? in our age of technology?

Title: Re: Is anyone?
Post by: tp4tissue on Thu, 05 December 2013, 16:57:23

Quote from: stoic-lemon on Thu, 05 December 2013, 15:43:19

I guess this kind of BS is totally acceptable nowadays.

(http://www.cute-factor.com/images/smilies/onion/th_059_.gif)

Title: Re: Is anyone?
Post by: C5Allroad on Thu, 05 December 2013, 17:16:17

This may not apply but, I am really tired of paying for music....
It's really expensive.

Title: Re: Is anyone?
Post by: ithinkimkorean on Thu, 05 December 2013, 17:17:25

Quote from: HUNTERANGEL121 on Thu, 05 December 2013, 17:16:17

This may not apply but, I am really tired of paying for music....
It's really expensive.

I'd buy them for less popular korean musicians in hopes they keep putting out albums.

Title: Re: Is anyone?
Post by: tp4tissue on Thu, 05 December 2013, 17:28:26

Quote from: ithinkimkorean on Thu, 05 December 2013, 17:17:25

Quote from: HUNTERANGEL121 on Thu, 05 December 2013, 17:16:17

This may not apply but, I am really tired of paying for music....
It's really expensive.

I'd buy them for less popular korean musicians in hopes they keep putting out albums.

for indie genre, much of the time, you can't find it "arrrrg...ed"  so, you kinda have to..

But yeah.. def support indie bands before they get picked up by big labels..

Title: Re: Is anyone?
Post by: rowdy on Thu, 05 December 2013, 17:29:13

Sorry, from reading other replies I am beginning to wonder ... is owning an Android device a prerequisite for participating in this survey?

Title: Re: Is anyone?
Post by: IPT on Thu, 05 December 2013, 17:30:45

Quote from: tp4tissue on Thu, 05 December 2013, 16:51:57

Quote from: projectD on Thu, 05 December 2013, 15:39:20

Quote from: tp4tissue on Thu, 05 December 2013, 15:04:35

Quote from: Moosecraft on Thu, 05 December 2013, 14:09:52

Guys .apk?

yea... .apk    To "arrrg... " on the iphone is like ridiculously Hard...

To "arrrg... " on the android is like  2 mins of waiting for the dl to finish, and copy-paste.. done..

I honestly can't believe they made it that easy...

I suppose they did lock out adblock, so now I have to use firefox... but at least I can get adblock somewhere....

Show Image

(http://www.cute-factor.com/images/smilies/onion/sillyp1.gif)

some apps cross check your google play account for verification
Slingplayer is one of them
I used the apk i found b4, but since the latest updates which I had to use since my new slingplayer wasn't supported by the old app, i couldn't do it anymore.

sling player?  U watch TV? in our age of technology?

only way I can watch my sports. Unless I go to the bar.

Title: Re: Is anyone?
Post by: tp4tissue on Thu, 05 December 2013, 18:11:44

Quote from: rowdy on Thu, 05 December 2013, 17:29:13

Sorry, from reading other replies I am beginning to wonder ... is owning an Android device a prerequisite for participating in this survey?

(http://www.cute-factor.com/images/smilies/onion/014.gif)

I suppose non-n00b iOS peeps would have a parallel experience on this subject...

Though it's WAYYY easier for Team A