2019 I started a meetup group. My wife had died end 2018. The group was for widows / widowers and it was explicitly for social purposes. No chatting up, no hookups, no 'hunting'.

It was good and a few people made friendships, a few others - myself included - would meet regularly for coffee of an afternoon. Being able to talk, to listen, to understand with others who had lost their partners of multiple decades was helpful.

Covid happened.

Meetup then decided to start charging even more.

I was already paying purely for them to host and display some text. Their extra charge put me on the hook for whoever attended. More people = more money.

No, just NO.

End result was group deleted, we all lost out and meetup seen as hostile.

This news?

Fuck you.