Mac OS X Economics
Since moving to Mac OS X little over a year ago I have noticed many trends that did not occur in my use of Ubuntu Linux and prior to that, Windows XP. The most noticeable trend that I have observed is the number of premium (shareware) Mac OS X applications available versus freeware. 31% of the applications that I have on my installation of Mac OS X are applications that require a license and a minimum payment of $20 USD. Do not get me wrong, I am not complaining. Most of these applications are very great pieces of engineering and deserve every penny, such as Coda.
Any other Mac OS X users notice this trend?
Most people that use a Mac is used to spending a lot of money, so the makers probably think a few extra bucks doesn’t hurt
yep.
[...] Additionally, I don’t have the statistics to back me on this one but it seems to be a general consensus that Mac users are more wiling to pay for software than PC users and what digital content industry [...]
I personally believe that a lot of developers see Mac users as vulnerable, simply because there are significantly fewer Mac developers than there are for the Windows platform. Because of this, if someone needs the function of an application, they might be forced into being willing to pay for it.