Also got it. Good they see that the communication lacked a litte. As a previously paying customer it's nice to see that they see they made a mistake.

I understand it's a startup but everything is happening on a really short notice.

7 day notice for pricing update, few hours notice for a live on discord.

In the end I decided it's not worth it for me to count my searches. I don't want to think about it, think about plans. To me it's a clear indication that sticking to Bing API, that does such price hikes is not worth it but I don't see them having a good way forward without Bing.

I am one of these 200 mentioned, and this email did not convince me to resubscribe. Some major changes to the pricing plan would. Or honoring better grandfathering. If it's 200 people maybe you should reach out to the one by one.