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Guy talks about switching to the "Classic" version if

> you just want a simple, open source, local-only JSON-formatting extension that won't receive updates.

Wow that sounds like a tough choice. JSON formatting is moving at such a fast pase that I don't know if I should pay a JSON formatting SaaS a monthly subscription, or if I really can live without updates.

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Depends on how many JSON tokens you need to format. I recommend getting JSON ForMAX+ with 200k tokens and 100k sign in bonus.

I heard that JWTs are 5x the price of JSON tokens but only 3x if you have JSON ForULTRA+ (new) (for work or school).

The more you buy, the more you save!

Legally speaking that's for entertainment purposes only

You have to add the final "]" or "}" yourself but json strings are free!

Fortunately, Microsoft C# Copilot 2 Pro is already bundled with JSON forULTRA+ for free. (Not to be confused with Microsoft C# Copilot Pro)

Are you talking about the Copilot 2 Legacy But Also Preview version? Because my TPM module’s circuit board orientation doesn’t support that yet.

I just bought 30.000 JWT

HODL

That makes sense, because JWT is base64 encoded, and those base64 tokens are bigger and more expensive. JWT has 3 parts, so it's 3x more expensive, obviously.

Lol. I mean what the hell is this. I have this weird feeling this guy got tricked by an LLM into thinking this move is smart... "what you've built is not just a json formatter, it's the next big...".

I mean good luck to that guy. Everyone should have a shot at turning his free work into something worth it. I think i've been using that extension as well. But yeah, i never cared enough to know if it was this one. But i do hope there are others who did & he can surprise me and turn this user base into customers of a commercial product. If he pulls that of, i'd be truly impressed.

I what feature can even be added to the product that won't be immediately replicated in a fork?

Nobody knows what but everybody knows they won't be replicated.

Chat with your json?

Facebook but for jsons?

Send json to blockchain?

It's so bad that it's exciting, can't wait for an update.

It will certainly involve AI somehow.

Going to have a chat with our JSON Engineers to see what our best move might be. It might be worth the adware if we can keep JSONing.

Big-JSON is coming for us

It really is dramatic. The author wrote a very moving paragraph on his hard life as the maintainer of the JSON formatting experience. Someone up top pitched in on the dire state of the "OSS ecosystem".

I just hope the authors of the "Go Back With Backspace" extension (now in version 3.0) I critically rely on ever since Chrome sold out will not betray me. It needs access to all sites, which as someone above mentioned is because of the great design of the new Extension Manifest API thingy.

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