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Looks promising, but I'm hard-pressed to think the $40/individual price point is reasonable. $10-20?

Yeah and its $40 per year it seems. While its good that you can continue using your version after that it does seem just a little much. I'm not sure I even want to try it now because I don't want to like it and then decide I can't afford it. I'm not against yearly license cost at all, I think that it can be hard for software companies to make something good without it. But for a new software it seems just a tad high. And I guess it will seem even more depending on where you live.

It's not "per year". It's your good old conventinal pricing, in disguise.

You buy Xyz 2002, you get to keep Xyz 2002 and get some updates. When new and shiny Xyz 2004 comes out, you look at the spec and decide if new features worth the upgrade cost.

Same here, except improvements are gradual and not packaged into yearly releases.

Yeah, this feels more like a 25-35 tops type of software, I wouldn’t think twice.

At least the beta is still free now. $50 which is the default price, is too much.

For something you use everyday multiple times per day?

Good software costs money.

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