Genuinely curious why not pay for fantastical? It has basically the same widget, plus an iPhone and Mac app for a 1/3 of the price? Not to be mean, but this seems like it only got traction because they got accepted to YC on another idea, otherwise would have been lost in the sea of dozens of other much more full featured or free calendar solutions?

It's been a while since I used fantastical but I didn't like it. I don't remember why to be honest.

Fantastical has this feature though. It would be overkill, but you could only use it for this feature and it would be half the cost!

For context, Austen Allred is the co-founder and CEO of Lambda School, so efficiency wins are going to be pretty valuable for him.

Also, as a CEO you are constantly thinking in terms of ROI. It doesn't matter how much software costs if it pays for itself several times over. This spills over into personal purchases too.

(BTW, big fan of what Lambda School is doing Austen.)

You forgot to mention they're also a YC company...

I bought fantastical quite a few years ago for something like $10... single payment. Still works. They have offerings for 6.99 cad a month.

How many QoL are you willing to buy? You’re essentially paying $10 for a netflix subscription only it’s a calendar widget in the top menu bar.

are you an investor as well?

No, he's _just_ a fellow YC alum.

I'm not