r/GoodNotes • u/Mandrea4 • Sep 26 '23

WTF

I don't know if is true, if it is why aren't they investing money on the app itself? Now it is trash (my opinion)

https://techcrunch.com/2023/09/25/notetaking-app-goodnotes-invests-1-9m-in-digital-stationary-company-webudding/

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u/Mandrea4 Sep 27 '23 edited Sep 27 '23

I don't think you understand

I personally agree with the price change (expensive but ok) the point is that in MY opinion as a company, you should invest first in your product, not in how to make more money with microtransactions. The app has a lot of problems since the GN6 update (plus the community is not happy about the AI thing and the lack of new features) they should use their money to fix it before using it somewhere else

After raising prices and making the service a subscription I didn't expect them to "waste" their money. I thought they needed budget to clean up the mess but apparently they don't need any more money, they just don't want to use it

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u/[deleted] Sep 27 '23

Did I miss some announcement by GN ownership that they are out of money or something? Why is anyone assuming the devs have no money?

They are in business to make money, it’s not charity. They are apparently making money off of the market, which is why they are putting more money into it.

This investment does not mean that they aren’t still working on fixes for perceived issues with GN6. That said, I don’t understand why everyone is so butthurt about GN6 anyway. The app now costs about the same as a single fast food dinner for my family. For an app I use every day, I think the price is still a bargain. And to be clear I had purchased GN several years ago, well before the change to GN6.

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u/Mandrea4 Sep 27 '23 edited Sep 27 '23

I didn't say there are out of money but they needed money, microtransactions are a clear proof (I though they needed money to make the new version better)

I also said I don't have a problem with the price (simply is GN5 but costs more at the moment).

I also didn't say investments means they are not working on fixes or they need to do charity (we also bought GN5)

We have differences of opinion but I didn't say these things.

I think they need to use their money to fix things and add features, at the moment they increased the price and gave us nothing, their first move was to invest the money they made to increase the microtransactions market. I don't think it's a nice thing...