Archive - Subscriber Economics

The App Store Is Eating Consumer Software

AI is reinventing software. The App Store is taxing it to death.

Jul 2 •

May 2025

Consumer Software: From Single Bets to Systems

Building new apps is cheaper than ever. Restarting growth every time isn’t.

May 1 •

April 2025

Most Consumer Software Doesn’t Fail on Product. It Fails on Monetization.

Most consumer software doesn’t fail because no one wants it. It fails because not enough people want to pay for it—and not enough teams know how to fix…

Apr 16 •

March 2025

Consumer subscriptions are bleeding money

Subscriptions aren't capturing value, they're hemorrhaging it through a hidden cost: the trust tax.

Mar 3 •

January 2025

The Cardinal Rule of Subscription

Why almost every consumer subscription business breaks the only rule that matters

Jan 17 •

Enterprise Software is Fat-Tailed. What About Consumer?

What will it take for consumer software businesses to make venture-scale money? A radically different philosophy on monetization.

Jan 7 •

What if Subscription Isn't the Right Business Model for the Internet?

Subscription is everywhere. Does it really work?

Jan 3 •

September 2024

This is Subscriber Economics.

Sep 23, 2024 •

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