BEAR'S PURCHASING POWER PARITY, OR: THANK YOU HERMAN HOLY SHIT
So, I live in Brazil. Have lived in Brazil for all of my 31 years so far, in fact.
There's a thing about living in Brazil and being in the American corners of the internet (of which there are many, if not most): you get reminded, over and over again, of just how much your currency sucks compared to the american dollar. The currency exchange has never been good, unless you count the super brief period in time in 2008 where it became 1:1, of course, but right now? It's at a whooping 5:1.
This means for every USD, I have to pay FIVE BRL. A seemingly low amount in dollars suddenly blows up when translated to brazilian reais and a lot of the time, it means having some difficulty accessing things you might want or need. It might mean not accessing that at all. Often it makes you feel like a space isn't really for you, like you've wandered into someone's party and your name definitely wasn't on the guestlist.
So when I checked out Bear's upgrade page, I was really surprised to see this:
this reads "Hey, it looks like you're from Brazil 🇧🇷 We support Purchasing Power Parity to make Bear affordable to everyone."
I'd seen this elsewhere sometimes (Gumroad, Steam) but I didn't expect to see it here. Holy shit! This makes it so much easier for me to upgrade my Bear account once I'm able to and makes it possible to consider grabbing the yearly upgrade, and it feels wonderful to be acknowledged in this way. It's comforting to be seen. It's so kind. It's like I'm trying to reach oranges in the tree and someone brought in a ladder for me.
Thank you Herman, for keeping us with weaker currencies in mind!! It means a lot. Fico feliz de estar aqui. :)