Not talking about movies or apps, but a general observation on the dynamics of free v paid, from both, the supply & demand sides.
As counterproductive as putting prices up feels, charging $20 for VEED brought in a different and more serious type of user, they need the product and they are happy to pay for it and have different needs to the $5 users we originally had. Things started looking up for the first time in ages.
https://medium.com/@veedio/the-journey-to-ramen-profitabilit... / https://archive.vn/Yt0sn