I had the exact opposite reaction. $9? That's a steal. Many pieces of software are needlessly bloated in price. If I'm going to use it once for a few hours, $40

I had the exact opposite reaction. $9? That's a steal. Many pieces of software are needlessly bloated in price. If I'm going to use it once for a few hours, $40 doesn't seem worth it. On the other hand, if it saves me an hour, $9 is totally worth it - it's less than I'd have had to pay a minimum wage person to do it for me. On the other hand, I'd love to see more people respect the shareware model. Give most or all features for free, encourage people to drop $5-10 in a hat to pay you back. I'm a firm believer in patreon and PayPal tip jars, though I know that they don't work at present for what I believe are cultural reasons. People (rightly) don't trust free, assume that there's some ulterior motive.