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Bloody hell, $499/mo for the annual plan?!

(Yes, this is in jest. Even as someone with no eye for design.. typography matters.)

Thanks @gerardnll for pointing it out. It is actually 4.99$. Was this a mistake or did you encounter this weird number rendered somewhere? In what environment did you encounter it?

It's a font problem. The dot is indeed present[0], but its size, kerning, and weight combines to make it look like a speck of dust or botched antialiasing, especially if you're a fair distance away from the monitor.

[0]: https://i.imgur.com/QwtDooL.png

Oh yeah. You are definitely right about that. I was just used to my well-known Macbook's monitor. You learned me a valuable lesson. Especially the pricing should be perfectly readable.

I just increased the font size of the dot. What do you think? Is it still hard to read?

Personally I could tell in that screenshot but it’s obviously not ideal.

FYI Annually has two l’s.

Thanks for pointing out the typo! It should be updated now.

4.99$

Thanks for pointing it out! Appreciate the effort

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