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chucker · 2011-02-24, 07:24

You can now buy the previously-in-beta FaceTime for Mac at the app store. No significant changes from the beta, AFAICT. UI still weird and iOS-esque.

The new MBPs supposedly include it.

Robo · 2011-02-24, 07:33

I don't get why it isn't free. I mean, I'm not saying it doesn't have value, or isn't "worth" ninety-nine cents or whatever, but surely having a wide-as-possible user base would only help Apple sell FaceTime-equipped iPhones and iPods?

pscates2.0 · 2011-02-24, 07:41

It needs a Windows version if they're hoping to make a dent.

chucker · 2011-02-24, 07:47

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Originally Posted by Robo

I don't get why it isn't free. I mean, I'm not saying it doesn't have value, or isn't "worth" ninety-nine cents or whatever, but surely having a wide-as-possible user base would only help Apple sell FaceTime-equipped iPhones and iPods?

My guess: they'll make it free for new Macs and for 10.7.

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Originally Posted by pscates2.0

It needs a Windows version if they're hoping to make a dent.

Didn't they promise they'd open the spec?

Robo · 2011-02-24, 07:51

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Originally Posted by pscates2.0

It needs a Windows version if they're hoping to make a dent.

Here's an idea: Maybe they'll just build it into iTunes?

chucker · 2011-02-24, 07:57

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Originally Posted by Robo

Here's an idea: Maybe they'll just build it into iTunes?

I'm going to kill you.

Axl · 2011-02-24, 07:57

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Originally Posted by Robo

Here's an idea: Maybe they'll just build it into iTunes?

Genuine lol there.

99 cents times a couple of million should cover the expenses of its development. Right?

tomoe · 2011-02-24, 09:58

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Originally Posted by Robo

Here's an idea: Maybe they'll just build it into iTunes?

Luca · 2011-02-24, 10:03

Meh, it's not that FaceTime isn't worth $0.99 or that the price would prevent me from buying it (if I owned a Mac that is)...

...but it does seem a bit weird to slap a little cover charge on what should probably be a feature built into iChat.

In a way, $0.99 is the worst possible price point. The fact that it costs money will keep a lot of people from getting it, but the low price will probably prevent Apple from really making a killing on selling it. At this point, a couple million bucks is pocket change to them. Why not just try to maximize the number of people who have FaceTime access?

Also, if it's based on open-source standards, what's stopping independent developers from making their own FaceTime software and distributing it for free to multiple platforms?

chucker · 2011-02-24, 10:13

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Originally Posted by Luca

Meh, it's not that FaceTime isn't worth $0.99 or that the price would prevent me from buying it (if I owned a Mac that is)...

...but it does seem a bit weird to slap a little cover charge on what should probably be a feature built into iChat.

In a way, $0.99 is the worst possible price point. The fact that it costs money will keep a lot of people from getting it, but the low price will probably prevent Apple from really making a killing on selling it. At this point, a couple million bucks is pocket change to them. Why not just try to maximize the number of people who have FaceTime access?

Apparently, for accounting reasons.

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Originally Posted by Luca

Also, if it's based on open-source standards, what's stopping independent developers from making their own FaceTime software and distributing it for free to multiple platforms?

Well, it's not documented yet.

dmegatool · 2011-02-24, 10:44

The second I saw this, I immediately thought that it was only for forcing people to get an account and link a credit card or something.

Maybe the Mac App Store need a little boost

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chucker ‽ Join Date: May 2004 Location: near Bremen, Germany	2011-02-24, 07:24 You can now buy the previously-in-beta FaceTime for Mac at the app store. No significant changes from the beta, AFAICT. UI still weird and iOS-esque. The new MBPs supposedly include it.
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Robo Formerly Roboman, still Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: on twitter! @werejack	2011-02-24, 07:33 I don't get why it isn't free. I mean, I'm not saying it doesn't have value, or isn't "worth" ninety-nine cents or whatever, but surely having a wide-as-possible user base would only help Apple sell FaceTime-equipped iPhones and iPods? cue the lights and dim the stars
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