Show & tell: pricing changes vs the alternatives [v3]

I tried three different approaches and none of them felt quite right. Spent the last few weekends digging into this and the deeper I go the more questions I have.

The trade-offs here are not obvious to me and I keep flip-flopping. I tried three different approaches and none of them felt quite right.

Mostly thinking out loud — feel free to push back hard. Posting this here because the relevant subreddit has gotten too noisy lately.