[pavel_lishin]

They're also not exactly something a developer can launch and start making money off of.

Would you pay a subscription for Flappy Bird?

[klez]

> Would you pay a subscription for Flappy Bird?

I don't do that on the app store either.

And software was sold way before app stores existed, so what's your point?

[eitland]

I happily pay for games and apps, including upgrades if they are valuable to me.

I refuse to pay monthly for stuff that shouldn't need backend services.

[skinnymuch]

Flappy Bird didn’t make money from selling the app though. The example actually hurts your argument. Flappy Bird and many sites make money the same way - ads.