Yup, $50 per year is an excellent deal. $100, not so much. I mean, while we were getting those enthusiastic updates every month, it seemed like a good deal, although a little bit on the expensive side (compared to similar software), if truth be told.
Naturally, there really is no similar software (to me, at least): not similar in quality, that is. That’s why I was happy to be paying the $100 per year, and (dare I say it; hope no one’s listening…) would have likely paid even more, because Dynalist is so valuable for me. I truly can’t imagine my life without it, although I can already see that Obsidian can take over a large portion of what I’ve been tracking using Dynalist until now. Not everything, though – that likewise appears to be certain, given Obsidian’s current feature set, although it’s sure to be growing and expanding in future. The (currently) 1,371 Obsidian community plugins are a ridiculous treasure trove – everyone is highly likely to find dozens of plugins in there useful for their particular everyday needs. Still, the plugins don’t accomplish everything, not for now at least, and although some (as I have observed) attempt to imitate Dynalist’s functionality, they’re not very successful at it, compared to “the real thing” (Dynalist).
As I’ve just mentioned on Reddit, if lifetime licences aren’t an option for Dynalist, despite it only being “maintainware” now, perhaps licence bundling might be a possibility? Who knows – if you get a Dynalist discount as long as you also purchase Obsidian subscriptions, perhaps this would motivate more current Dynalist subscribers to give Obsidian a try also?
It would simply be nice if someone told us: “OK, you have purchased the 1-year Dynalist subscription + 1-year Obsidian Sync subscription + 1-year Obsidian Publish subscription – so instead of $300 per year, we’re only going to charge you $250 per year.”
I rely on Dynalist so much (it truly is my “second brain”) I can’t afford to discontinue my Pro subscription (nope – not even for a day) just to be able to get something like the Christmas deal that you got. So I guess I’ll have to keep paying those $100 per year “forever”. 🤷