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Back in early October, three important events happened in the Growl-verse — a greatly improved user interface, Lion compatibility and a Mac App Store listing. The latter literally carried a cost, raising the long-loved OS X notification system’s effective price from zero dollars to $1.99.

At the time, a Fairer Platform comment poster vented his spleen about the change:

what the f%$+?
Who will pay for this?
I guess Growl will quickly be replaced by another free alternative. It’s too bad when a good free app start charging users …
it sucks…

Well, thousands of people and, as you can see from the above, I have paid for Growl (App Store, $1.99).

And, I’m thinking this is a really good thing — people making good software and getting paid for it. Seriously, what is unvirtuous about children fed and wives/husbands kept in shoes?

Beats me. Whatever, hats off to you, Christopher Forsythe, and the whole Growl Team…

What’s your take?

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