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>Grammarly is $150/year!! How is that not egregious?

I don't personally find Grammarly useful. But I know people who swear by it and, if it's an application that helps you write maybe every day, $150/year is nothing.

I pay more than that for Lightroom which I also use a lot.

More than that for The New York Times which I read daily.

Etc.

There's definitely a subscription version of "Does it bring you joy?" But there seems to be almost a moralistic pushback on paying for software/services things that you find useful.



I paid three month for grammaly when I was writing my MS thesis. It was useful for the extensive usage. But I canceled afterwards because it is not worth keeping.


> $150/year is nothing

except it is a lot compared to alternatives like a library card and cultivating literacy.


Yeah people shouldn't use tools they find useful.


Of course they should. But they should also consider alternatives.

IMO $150 a year for something you simply should just learn (it's a basic skill). A library card ~$20 a year and you get so many more benefits.




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