Comments on: The United Devs of Sharewaria: What Have MacHeist and MacAppADay Done for the Mac Community? http://gigaom.com/apple/the-united-devs-of-sharewaria-what-have-macheist-and-macappaday-done-for-the-mac-community/ Fri, 25 May 2012 23:16:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: finis coronat opusMacHeist o Sobre como los usuarios mac somos más felices, sanos, y nos brilla más el pelo http://gigaom.com/apple/the-united-devs-of-sharewaria-what-have-macheist-and-macappaday-done-for-the-mac-community/#comment-315541 Thu, 14 Dec 2006 15:46:55 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/2006/12/10/the-united-devs-of-sharewaria-what-have-macheist-and-macappaday-done-for-the-mac-community/#comment-315541 [...] Paradójicamente esta iniciativa ha creado tanta felicidad entre los usuarios como controversia en el mundo blogueril. Al parecer el sistema de reparto de lo recaudado no ha caido muy entre la gente: [...]

]]> By: Chris Howard http://gigaom.com/apple/the-united-devs-of-sharewaria-what-have-macheist-and-macappaday-done-for-the-mac-community/#comment-315540 Tue, 12 Dec 2006 00:07:36 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/2006/12/10/the-united-devs-of-sharewaria-what-have-macheist-and-macappaday-done-for-the-mac-community/#comment-315540 I like MacAppADay much more than MacHeist. I don’t have time to run around playing games, getting involved in a community etc.

MacAppADay (and MacZOT! even though it’s only offering discounts) I like because it’s simple and quick. Both of them have revealed to me some brilliant apps that although I might have missed downloading, I may yet buy.

I hope MacAppADay and MacZOT! survive because they do an excellent job at promoting shareware.

]]> By: Vincent Tavera http://gigaom.com/apple/the-united-devs-of-sharewaria-what-have-macheist-and-macappaday-done-for-the-mac-community/#comment-315539 Mon, 11 Dec 2006 19:48:09 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/2006/12/10/the-united-devs-of-sharewaria-what-have-macheist-and-macappaday-done-for-the-mac-community/#comment-315539 Richard, you obviously like commenting on things you know little or nothing about. MAAD doesn’t fail where you say and is in fact a community, which you would know if you were there passed the first couple of days now that the few nay sayers and complainers have left.

]]> By: Grant http://gigaom.com/apple/the-united-devs-of-sharewaria-what-have-macheist-and-macappaday-done-for-the-mac-community/#comment-315538 Mon, 11 Dec 2006 09:02:29 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/2006/12/10/the-united-devs-of-sharewaria-what-have-macheist-and-macappaday-done-for-the-mac-community/#comment-315538 I was not holding out on buying apps while doing the MacHeist, with the exception of some unsanity Haxies (and Shapeshifter is in the bundle!). But because of this, I bought Delicious at full price with the charity drive excuse, and there it is in the bundle, damnit! This one really burns because with my Heist discounts, the bundle will be less than I spent a few days ago on Delicious. But, I helped out a charity, so that should mae me feel better, right? I am now trying to rack my brain for whom I could give this app to as a holiday gift, but can’t think of anyone who has a book or movie collection like mine and uses a mac…

I have been holding out on Disco because I rarely burn discs, I still have two of my three demo burn remaining, and am hoping for it to be in the bundle. But in general, the MacHeist promo has definately turned me on to software I wouldn’t have tried and gotten me in touch with developers that I might have missed. I am a bigger app user because of the Heist, and consequently because of the Zot that I did not know of before. I have probably purchased seven or eight apps during the Heist, plus the GiftZot. This was directly caused by the Heist and Zot introducing me to software I might not have come upon.

I do think that I will not purchase anything after the Heist bundle until the MAAD promo is over, because they have dropped a few apps in my lap that I have recently purchased and between previous purchases, Delicious and the Bundle, i believe that I have filled my quota for giving myself holiday gifts. (Of course that is all BS as soon as I come across something that looks really useful, especially if I can Zot for a discount that allows me to justify it!) But the promo definately worked on me, it broadened my horizons on software and developers that are out there and has me spending good money on independant software and loving it.

And as I was typing this up, Disco was added. Wonderful!

]]> By: Derek Punsalan http://gigaom.com/apple/the-united-devs-of-sharewaria-what-have-macheist-and-macappaday-done-for-the-mac-community/#comment-315537 Mon, 11 Dec 2006 06:55:00 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/2006/12/10/the-united-devs-of-sharewaria-what-have-macheist-and-macappaday-done-for-the-mac-community/#comment-315537 I wouldn’t necessarily say that Phill Ryu or MacAppADay had anything to do [directly] with the following, but for some odd reason, I’ve found myself justifying the cost of shareware apps over the past few months. Looking at my bank statements for for the past month alone, I’ve managed to spend well over a hundred dollars on applications. Anyone familiar with the cost of applications knows that the registration fees are more than stomach-able. Maybe I’ve come to realize the fact that developers deserve recognition and monetary compensation for their work?

Indirectly, the two aforementioned sites have opened my eyes to the vast number of options available to Mac users. Hell would freeze over before I would ever consider throwing my money around for utilities / applications as I do now on the Windows side of the fence… Strange.

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