[ltiger]

Just wanted to take a moment to say thank you to everyone who commented today. Launching on HN isn't for the faint of heart, but it’s been really valuable.

What a day. I was told my landing page looks like an AI wrote it, got roasted for a confusing illustration metric (and rightly so), and received the ultimate rite of passage: being told my app could be replaced by a couple of Linux CLI commands.

Unironically, thanks everyone. Because of your feedback, the site copy's a little tighter, and the Windows installer no longer throws a scary UAC prompt. I couldn't have asked for a better (or more intense) test.

[subhobroto]

I was monitoring this thread because of the comments. Unsure how I came across this post to begin with! (was it on the FP?)

You really handled all the feedback well and if you wouldn't mind answering (email works too), I had some followups:

1. Did you get a boost in sales from this post?

2. What's your typical customer like and do they email you questions/support?

3. If you had provided this as a hosted service and continued to use IMAP, would you have had to ask for the user's GMail password?

4. I see you had toyed with the idea of $5/yr - why did you withdraw it and go $30 flat rate?

5. Any idea how many customers you're leaving on the table with the $30 flat rate that would have converted at a lower price?

6. Did HN throttle your ability to respond to comments ("slow down...") during this episode?

I learned a lot from your thread - Thank You for keeping up with it

[jborichevskiy]

This place can get a little snarky but congrats on shipping!

[ltiger]

Thanks so much! Definitely a trial by fire, but I'm glad I put it out here. 'Preciate the kind words.