Ask HN: What web software do you pay for as a consumer?

I think I've realized that most (all?) of the software I pay for offers a native iOS client. Sometimes, the stuff I pay for has no web client at all. What web-first software do you pay for?

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JohnFen · 1h ago

None. I dislike web-based software and try to avoid it, so it would take an unusual circumstance for me to be willing to pay for it.

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Ask HN: What web software do you pay for as a consumer?

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