I'd consider $100, but not a $100 per year subscription? Come on!
I can do this shit for free with Concept or whatever and that one also works super well.
Concept can function as a virtual canvas just fine...
Great looking product though, maybe consider a special HN subscription code that makes that 100 lifetime. I do think that is a pretty tough selling price from a new product/just launching standup.
Apps don't provide value unless you use them.
If you consistently use the app, and they consistently improve it, don't you think it's fair to consistently pay for it?
I'm surprised the people involved in the company didn't see the price tag as a potential super turn off to customers. I'm the target demographic for this product, saw the price; gave a chuckle, and I'm a little curious as to how it made front page at that cost.
Never heard of Roam, but Dropbox and Evernote are old, established; brands and if I was to pay around the same amount of money anyway, I'd obviously go for Dropbox, something that's been around a while. Google Drive also offers a lot of space for free, and Docs sync is great.
A lower price is an excellent way to break in to a new market, and I'm not sure why the developers of this app didn't go for that. I like to support new developers, so this is a shame.
I actually see the price as being the other way around from what you're describing: perhaps compare to the Tesla Roadster.
Start with a premium product to fund your fledgling business, people who really believe in the mission (and have the cash for it) can support it. Then over time, you get economies of scale and can lower the price to reach a wider audience.
We're incredibly thankful to our early customers for helping us fund this business without needing to rely on big VC funding. They're backing us because they believe in better software.
Tesla has to do that because producing 1000 Tesla roadsters costs approximately 7-10x the cost of producing 100, and they will make a comparatively minimum gross margin on each unit sold.
My suspicion is that halving your cost would more than double your customers, but this is down to you guys to test.
I have difficulties with comparing a luxury vehicle to a piece of software. :3
I wish you luck; I certainly have difficulties understanding this model but I guess that's why I'm not in business. It just looks like great software and I wish I could recommend it to friends.
You come across as defensive, hostile, and smug.
If you had confidence in your decision about pricing (which is being roundly panned, for good reason), you wouldn't be treating potential customers this way.