[tzs]

In the time it took him to write his rant, he could have clicked the checkbox to make all of his old content available for free again.

When you use a free service, you have to expect them to need to make money somehow--and that means you should expect them to try changing the mix of what is free and what is paid now and then, and changing defaults. Accordingly, you should expect that on occasion you might have to change settings in order to get the thing to work the way you like.