I can't speak for the veracity of the report - I have paid for digital products, if that's of any relevance - but I can talk about what we might learn.
First, people are willing to pay for stuff that can be found for free. The difficulty in buying something online is about equal to pirating it, which means that a significant number of people are willing to support things they believe in. Why this is, I can't say.
Second, that there is a huge potential market for digital goods. There are a lot of people on the internet and distances don't matter, which means that you could have a huge customer base (65% of "a lot", to be exact).
Combine those together and I think the conclusion is that we're going to see a continued revival of "garage programmers" selling digital goods.
First, people are willing to pay for stuff that can be found for free. The difficulty in buying something online is about equal to pirating it, which means that a significant number of people are willing to support things they believe in. Why this is, I can't say.
Second, that there is a huge potential market for digital goods. There are a lot of people on the internet and distances don't matter, which means that you could have a huge customer base (65% of "a lot", to be exact).
Combine those together and I think the conclusion is that we're going to see a continued revival of "garage programmers" selling digital goods.