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I pay for it. It makes my life easier and saves me time. It's not really hard to make my life $10/month better, and who knows how many people that is true for?

I pay for it. It makes my life easier and saves me time. It's not really hard to make my life $10/month better, and who knows how many people that is true for? I wouldn't overthink it.

tannedNerd 6y ago
Genuinely curious why not pay for fantastical? It has basically the same widget, plus an iPhone and Mac app for a 1/3 of the price? Not to be mean, but this seems like it only got traction because they got accepted to YC on another idea, otherwise would have been lost in the sea of dozens of other much more full featured or free calendar solutions?
- austenallred 6y ago
  It's been a while since I used fantastical but I didn't like it. I don't remember why to be honest.
  - andrewmin 6y ago
    Fantastical has this feature though. It would be overkill, but you could only use it for this feature and it would be half the cost!
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cced 6y ago
I bought fantastical quite a few years ago for something like $10... single payment. Still works. They have offerings for 6.99 cad a month. How many QoL are you willing to buy? You’re essentially paying $10 for a netflix subscription only it’s a calendar widget in the top menu bar.
rsweeney21 6y ago
For context, Austen Allred is the co-founder and CEO of Lambda School, so efficiency wins are going to be pretty valuable for him. Also, as a CEO you are constantly thinking in terms of ROI. It doesn't matter how much software costs if it pays for itself several times over. This spills over into personal purchases too. (BTW, big fan of what Lambda School is doing Austen.)
- ZephyrBlu 6y ago
  You forgot to mention they're also a YC company...
mmayberry 6y ago
are you an investor as well?
- ZephyrBlu 6y ago
  No, he's _just_ a fellow YC alum.
- austenallred 6y ago
  I'm not