Just caught another one of those posts on Twitter, this one about Echofon, saying, “I love this ap.  I wouldn’t pay for it, though (or any Twitter client).”

I find this statement strange, and not a little annoying.  The most charitable interpretation is that this person just doesn’t use Twitter that much and really doesn’t need a client.  In which case, OK.  The truth, though, is that this is a person who doesn’t consider any software to be a piece of craft worth paying for.

Re-read the quote.  Doesn’t it sound a bit like Arfy in Catch-22, insisting that he never has to pay for “it”?  The truth is that good software is hard to make, and worth paying for.  How much is it worth?  $500?  $0.50?  Probably, somewhere in between.  But there is a price for software that makes sense and is also more than zero.