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haertig · 06-25-2019, 05:10 PM

Thanks for the recommendations. I installed the ad-based versions of Moon+ and Librera to give them a try, with the plan being to pay for the app of choice and get rid of the ads.

I must say - those apps really like their ads! Quite intrusive. Even though I know paying would get rid of the ads, it's quite the turn-off to have them right there in your face when you're trying to evaluate the app. The app authors might want to consider giving you a few days at the start ad-free so that you could do a reasonable evaluation before developing a definitely negative initial impression simply due to the intrusive ads. After all, I would assume the authors goal is to sell the app, not to turn away potential customers. Currently, it's like they want to punish you for daring to try the free version as an evaluation for the paid version. Not the best way to hook potential customers IMHO.

Ignoring the ads for now - well, you can't do that with there being so many, so I'll say "gritting your teeth and pushing past them" instead - on initial startup I found that Moon+ had a more intuitive interface than Librera. I could figure out how to do things in Moon+ quickly, Librera required me to give things more thought and do more trial and error testing to figure out the interface.

I would have bought Moon+ at full price after my first tests if it weren't for those ads. But now I feel compelled to wait for it to go on sale before purchasing it, even though it is cheap already. My thoughts being to "punish the author for punishing me for trying the free version". If you're going to put out trial software for your paid software, at least make the trial something people will enjoy, not be turned off by. It's counterproductive any other way.

06-25-2019, 05:10 PM	#10
haertig Wizard Posts: 1,897 Karma: 31522252 Join Date: Sep 2017 Device: PW3, Fire HD8 Gen7, Moto G7, Sansa Clip v2, Ruizu X26	Thanks for the recommendations. I installed the ad-based versions of Moon+ and Librera to give them a try, with the plan being to pay for the app of choice and get rid of the ads. I must say - those apps really like their ads! Quite intrusive. Even though I know paying would get rid of the ads, it's quite the turn-off to have them right there in your face when you're trying to evaluate the app. The app authors might want to consider giving you a few days at the start ad-free so that you could do a reasonable evaluation before developing a definitely negative initial impression simply due to the intrusive ads. After all, I would assume the authors goal is to sell the app, not to turn away potential customers. Currently, it's like they want to punish you for daring to try the free version as an evaluation for the paid version. Not the best way to hook potential customers IMHO. Ignoring the ads for now - well, you can't do that with there being so many, so I'll say "gritting your teeth and pushing past them" instead - on initial startup I found that Moon+ had a more intuitive interface than Librera. I could figure out how to do things in Moon+ quickly, Librera required me to give things more thought and do more trial and error testing to figure out the interface. I would have bought Moon+ at full price after my first tests if it weren't for those ads. But now I feel compelled to wait for it to go on sale before purchasing it, even though it is cheap already. My thoughts being to "punish the author for punishing me for trying the free version". If you're going to put out trial software for your paid software, at least make the trial something people will enjoy, not be turned off by. It's counterproductive any other way.