I'm happy you moved on. I would certainly. Your conversation with the founder was polite. Congrats. Many of the replies to your comment are rude and go against

I'm happy you moved on. I would certainly. Your conversation with the founder was polite. Congrats. Many of the replies to your comment are rude and go against HN rules, not to mention UNFAIR to the founder and company. It's a free world, if the founder sets a price you believe too high, you can politely turn it down, just like any other high-priced product. You can even state you think it's a bad deal, even terrible. The founder, or anyone selling a high-priced item, does not automatically become "evil". I'm sure the founder is a polite person. Maybe he's afraid of you running away with secrets? Whether he has a reason or not, that's his prerogative. Please don't resort to this: -"this fool" -"utterly obscene" -"What a thuggish company" -" psycho" -"bullying" Very upsetting. A comment that mentioned "It's not thuggish" was down-voted.