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The people willing to put up with mediocre and bad software aren't willing to spend money on it either. Just look at the revenue gap between iOS and Android. It makes sense that people put time and effort into pursuing the fickle users willing to pay money.

> It boggles my mind that anyone invests precious time and effort chasing such a fickle group of users

This "fickle group of users" is eager to spend money, moreso than other groups of users.

Or, you know, developers could be thoughtful enough to create a half decent UX. That's not asking for a lot.

I'm happy a significant portion of consumers have been trained to expect better than the bare minimum in terms of UX.

Look how loyal those users are. If you can keep them long enough... they may develop their own loyalty to you.

Also they're rich.

It's not "fickle" to want competently built apps made by developers who respect their users.