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It kind of boggles my mind when people say 8$/month is steep. I get that we don't all live in rich countries, but still. If you are using a tool everyday this i

by Sytten 3y ago

It kind of boggles my mind when people say 8$/month is steep. I get that we don't all live in rich countries, but still. If you are using a tool everyday this is really not much. I think we have been conditioned to expect software to be free. Maybe because there is nothing tangible? It's also hard to do micro payments on the internet ironically, on that 8$ you can easily pay almost a dollar of fees. If that wasnt the case I expect we would have a much different internet...

justusthane 3y ago
Sure, $8 by itself isn’t much, but when everything costs $8/mo it starts to add up. I just had similar sticker shock recently to the remote access service for Home Assistant, which is $6.50/mo. You still have to host and maintain HA locally, the service just allows you to easily access it remotely. Or Kagi Search, which charges $25/mo for unlimited searches. For me, if it’s more than $5/mo it better be something I really need.
edizms 3y ago
Dude you use ironically for no good reason, no wonder you don't understand how much $8 is in many countries. Utter ignorance.
Already__Taken 3y ago
also consider this is a note app to run your life with. 8/mo forever is a lot. is rather but 12 months and if I do use it buy it for life
nsteel 3y ago
Of course not everyone uses the app every single day. That's a poor assumption to make. I think nearly $100 a year is steep for something that doesn't meet my needs (I use a community sync plugin instead). So I made a one-time donation instead because I still want to support the core product. I only recently realised you can do this: https://help.obsidian.md/Licenses+and+payment/Catalyst+license https://help.obsidian.md/Licenses+and+payment/Catalyst+licen...
input_sh 3y ago
> I get that we don't all live in rich countries, but still. And I'm one of those people (there's dozens of us!), hence why I said it's a bit steep for me. I can afford to spend some money on subscriptions (~$70-80/month last time I summed it up), but that sum means a lot more to me than it does to someone earning six figures. I have to budget it between dozens of different services that all want a small amount on a monthly basis. But you're right, I do use it every day, which is why I have decided to allocate some of that amount to pay for a feature that I can absolutely replicate without paying. Similarly, some of that amount goes to NGOs even though I also don't get anything tangible out of it.

by Sytten 3y ago

justusthane 3y ago

Sure, $8 by itself isn’t much, but when everything costs $8/mo it starts to add up. I just had similar sticker shock recently to the remote access service for Home Assistant, which is $6.50/mo. You still have to host and maintain HA locally, the service just allows you to easily access it remotely. Or Kagi Search, which charges $25/mo for unlimited searches. For me, if it’s more than $5/mo it better be something I really need.

edizms 3y ago

Dude you use ironically for no good reason, no wonder you don't understand how much $8 is in many countries. Utter ignorance.

Already__Taken 3y ago

also consider this is a note app to run your life with. 8/mo forever is a lot. is rather but 12 months and if I do use it buy it for life

nsteel 3y ago

Of course not everyone uses the app every single day. That's a poor assumption to make. I think nearly $100 a year is steep for something that doesn't meet my needs (I use a community sync plugin instead). So I made a one-time donation instead because I still want to support the core product. I only recently realised you can do this: https://help.obsidian.md/Licenses+and+payment/Catalyst+license https://help.obsidian.md/Licenses+and+payment/Catalyst+licen...

input_sh 3y ago

> I get that we don't all live in rich countries, but still. And I'm one of those people (there's dozens of us!), hence why I said it's a bit steep for me. I can afford to spend some money on subscriptions (~$70-80/month last time I summed it up), but that sum means a lot more to me than it does to someone earning six figures. I have to budget it between dozens of different services that all want a small amount on a monthly basis. But you're right, I do use it every day, which is why I have decided to allocate some of that amount to pay for a feature that I can absolutely replicate without paying. Similarly, some of that amount goes to NGOs even though I also don't get anything tangible out of it.