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Time isn\u2019t free, and the tokens to make these projects certainly weren\u2019t free. Second of all, all of these SaaS apps that don\u2019t actually have a need for recurring charge probably should be paid one time. I don\u2019t use Loom \u2014 I use CleanShot X and it was a one-time $30 payment and has a lot of great features I benefit from. I can\u2019t reimplement it in $30 of tokens or $3", "context": "", "use_case": "screen capture and recording", "switched_from": "", "story": "App Subscription is now my Weekend Project"}, {"id": 733216160, "item_id": 45826010, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45826010", "by": "joshstrange", "date": "2025-11-05", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "CleanShotX's tools are about 1 billion times faster/easier to use.", "excerpt": "CleanShotX [0] is what I used. Honestly the cloud hosting aspect is overpriced but it does make sharing a picture/video super easy for cases like this. I know macOS has annotation tools built-in for screenshots but CleanShotX's tools are about 1 billion times faster/easier to use. I use this tool all the time just to take a quick screenshot, add some arrows/circles/text/numbers and send it off. 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