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We are still trying out different business plans and will leave this answer open for now. Sorry for the vague response.",[],"free","launched","unknown",{"praise":72,"objections":103,"requests":154,"questions":171,"alternatives":186},[73,92],{"value":74,"source":75,"evidence":76},"Results are impressive and fast for object removal","commenter",[77,81,85,89],{"id":78,"by":79,"text":80},"32081283","mbforbes","Really nice. I tried removing someone behind a wire grate, and it correctly identified them, replaced the wire grate and filled in the grate holes with decent background imitation.",{"id":82,"by":83,"text":84},"32083989","Wistar","This produced really impressive results in removing a creased dent in a car door and a pile of rocks from in front of a fence. Both photos were at an oblique angle and I thought…",{"id":86,"by":87,"text":88},"32081220","orobinson","I remember when the smart object removal feature was added to photoshop and it was pretty cool. The fact that you can now get the same functionality working even better in a free…",{"id":90,"by":83,"text":91},"32111173","\"Even better\" is an understatement. This straight blows the Photoshop smart object removal out of the water.",{"value":93,"source":75,"evidence":94},"Easy and painless to use",[95,99],{"id":96,"by":97,"text":98},"32086584","michaelchisari","Of course, I had to test it with this photo: https:\u002F\u002Fimgur.com\u002Fa\u002FypyIhB3 Not too bad! Can definitely tell it's been edited, but for a quick removal it was painless.",{"id":100,"by":101,"text":102},"32090904","terrycody","Really neat tool!",[104,119,129,144],{"value":105,"source":75,"evidence":106},"Site crashed or returned HTTP 500 under HN traffic",[107,111,115],{"id":108,"by":109,"text":110},"32082142","KronisLV","Seems like the endpoints of the service itself now seem to return HTTP 500 for some reason, so once you click on \"Remove\", nothing happens. 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