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Re:Show HN: boringBar – a taskbar-style dock replacement for... by dangus on Sunday April 12, 2026 @10:18PM (#47746794)
To me it seems like small businesses like this get squeezed by these demands to make everything cheaper while the big corporations ignore it and stick to their pricing.

I’m not sure OP should have capitulated. Someone who loves this tool will probably gladly pay more.

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Re:Show HN: boringBar – a taskbar-style dock replacement for... by cgio on Sunday April 12, 2026 @10:29PM (#47746882)
The question is what is the proportion of people loving it vs liking it.
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Re:Show HN: boringBar – a taskbar-style dock replacement for... by dangus on Sunday April 12, 2026 @11:32PM (#47747258)
The proportion gets a lot easier to deal with as the price goes up.

Is it easier to convince one person to pay $100 or 100 people to pay $1?

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Re:Show HN: boringBar – a taskbar-style dock replacement for... by twohaibei on Monday April 13, 2026 @04:52AM (#47749478)
I'm pretty sure people who give in to subscriptions are usually forced to use a tool (or adobe) for one reason or another. New tool, that does one small thing, would not force many people to go into that absurd payment model.
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