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I literally never post comments on HN but what is this product. Is this $15/month browser for MacOS ? Fancy browser with grouped tabs, split-screen and sharing but still just browser. I think I'm just too poor to understand. I hope that your product will succeed because then I will know that in this world you can sell ice to an eskimo.

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I make enough money to support $180/annual for a product; however, I see no reason to pay that kind of money for a web browser. It costs the same as a full-priced Windows 10 Pro license.

I'm sure there are folks who are willing to pay that kind of money for this experience, I'm just not one of them.

> I'm sure there are folks who are willing to pay that kind of money for this experience

I hope those folks are aware that Vivaldi gives them the same experience for free.

> It costs the same as a full-priced Windows 10 Pro license.

I believe Windows Pro license is a one time fee, so SigmaOS is more expensive than Windows

It doesn't really matter whether it's a browser or not - what matters is the value it provides. I pay $15/mo for netflix even though I get some amount of free cable tv from my ISP. Google Analytics is free, but I use a paid competitor that I prefer more. There are a ton of free email clients, but I used a paid one because it has features I can't get in the free ones. None of those are "selling ice to an eskimo."

Likewise, there's nothing inherent to browsers that mean they always need to be free, just because the dominant ones currently are.

Now, that said, I don't think this product is worth anywhere near $15/mo to me, but maybe that'll change over time. A browser that actually makes me significantly faster at my work vs chrome/etc could easily be worth that much to me.

Same boat. I have no problem with the price if it provides value for that price. Currently I'm paying:

$10/month for Spotify because it's easier than maintaining my own music library and syncing it across devices.

$10/month for Lightroom and Photoshop because it's vastly better than its competition

I just don't see how this is /that/ much better than the competition (Firefox + extensions) or makes my life easier in any significant way.

At current prices, for $15/month you need to provide some serious value because most people will do the direct comparison to other subscriptions they are familiar with.

Thanks for taking the time to make us the first post to post a comment about. The one thing to keep mind is this a browser designed for professionals more than personal use. Example would be WhatsApp vs Slack. Granted some people use even WhatsApp for work, but at companies and within teams Slack is used more because of the structure it gives. Now yes there is a freemium version of Slack but to get the most out of it for teams, you need to updated to organisation pricing which at that point it is paid. Again appreciate taking the time to let us know what you think

The difference is that Slack actually gives you things when you pay: they host your company's photos, chats, and everything else. SigmaOS is literally flipping zero-margin utility, and I have a hard time imagining a "professional" who feels the need to pay $15/month for something they already use for free (and cannot be used on their other devices). Slack is cheaper, cross-platform, and actually provides some form of value.

I'm a professional. The way you described it initially caught my attention as something I could use.

Make it a one-time payment and I'd think about it. Subware is not something I support.

Slack's paid tier starts at $6.67/user. Google Workspace (Gmail, Drive, etc) starts at $6/user. Microsoft 365 starts at $5/user. Dropbox starts at $10/user.

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