I paid becuase I want it to succeed.  I was skeptical at first, but i really like it.<p>As to pro features that I may be enjoying:
  - faster feed polling
  - IFTTT action to save links to pinboard when i save in feedly
  - search<p>Edit:   I bought the lifetime membership when they started.   Just looked at today&#x27;s pricing.   I would not pay $7&#x2F;mo