I do agree with the sentiment that the price is a tad steep. I think $10 is a more agreeable price imo.
Personally I still prefer the $17 a month considering that backing up my settings through the cloud is an important and convenient feature since I own multiple devices and 8 lemmy profiles (don’t ask why lol). Hopefully LDJ has a desktop version.
This is on top of the changes to their Terms of Service that enables them to use anything on your calls to train their AI and scrap any customer data.