Mo @mo@nitech.online

@schwa I still have DJI Go and DJI Go 4 apps on my phone. One was needed for my Osmo. The other for my Phantom 4 Pro. Could never remember which was for which. (Doesn’t matter now: Osmo won’t work with modern iPhones and the battery in the Phantom drained so much that it won’t charge.)

@MarkXA @nivrig I did take one out in August, but it was agreed in January last year so we managed to keep the rate! Sorry!

@schwa @uliwitness Had a quick look in App Store Connect and I think there’s enough flexibility there to allow the same pricing for the year as for the month. I know Apple introduced a whole load of additional price points in the last couple of years, so maybe it's easier for more recently released apps, but you can definitely do £2pm/£24py style pricing.

@uliwitness @schwa Might do. Don't offer yearly then 🙂

I know that folks will say "but I want to support my favourite apps and celebrity devs so I pay up front” to which I say “ask them for a donation/tip option”, which has the advantage of not being something that needs to be refunded.

@iain what if you've got a cool name like Rasterman? Is it a good experience then?

@doctroid I'm waiting for a delivery from Thonk right now. No Knurlies, but another Turing Machine. Oh, the Music Thing Modular stuff comes with Knurlies, IIRC, so won't need any for the new Turing Machine/Volts.

@doctroid What's a Synthcube? 😉 I'm kinda kidding – I think it's a US store, right? I'm in the UK so I've never used them.

@schwa also, there's an awful lot of bootlicking going on across the "community”. The sort of stuff that makes me cringe when their podcasts start getting self-referential expecting everyone to know who Marco or Siracusa is.

@schwa I'm still of the opinion that offering discount for a years subscription is where they went wrong. Price monthly at the same amount as the yearly rate and then people can pay as they go without the devs needing to hold onto the cash in case a catastrophic event like this happens. And you get the warm fuzzy feeling of knowing that all of your customers are paying the same, and that you're not effectively charging people of limited incomes more than the people with money to pay up front.

@joshua I see where you're coming from, but I actually prefer “deceptive pattern” 🙂

As an additional point of view, I find that a lot of our English tech terms are not great when it comes to being literally translated into other languages. A “dark pattern" would translate strangely, whereas I think "deceptive pattern” would actually be more easily understood. And if it makes for a more inclusive experience, then it's a win-win, right?

@joshua That's a big bit of context that was I wasn't seeing there!

@joshua I don’t think you should fear the word in every context. I confess that I don't know everything here – I think there was an element of subtooting, right? – so I'm responding to your initial mentioning of dark pattern. I agree that the use of the word “dark" in every context is not a bad thing, but if someone tells me they don’t like me using it in a specific context, I'm going to listen to them. I don't know who said it to you; maybe they’re speaking out of turn on behalf of others?

Me in 2022: “100 Knurlies? I'm never going to need 100 of these things!”
Me in 2023: “Shit. I think I'm going to need more Knurlies!”

#Eurorack #GearAcquisitionSyndrome

@joshua I love you Josh, but I’m going to make this point, with admittedly little context. Who is deciding that there is no actual problem with the term “dark pattern”. If you’re deciding this based on your own opinion, then bear in mind that you probably don’t get to decide if “dark pattern” is problematic.

Same way you don’t get to decide that potato-munching, big-trotter is not problematic for talking about me. 🥔

@nivrig I made an overpayment today. Still a fair whack to go, but I think I’d like to try and get the majority of it cleared before we hit that higher interest rate. It’s a great incentive to prioritise it.

@nivrig we took out a new mortgage last year and have it fixed for 5 years. Thankfully, as the rate will go up from 1.86% to 7.9%.

@ianRobinson didn’t impede the Pet Shop Boys!

@austinkocher it’s from xkcd in case you want a digital version of your own: https://xkcd.com/1688/

@BenRiceM as long as you can’t see them, cause there’s no such thing as “monkey hear monkey do”