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by playpause 1710 days ago
> They've clearly taken steps to avoid pulling the rug out from under preexisting users, but this practice is overall so scummy

Why is the practice scummy then? If they did a bait and switch for existing customers, I get that would be scummy. But what’s scummy about raising prices for future customers (who have a free and informed choice whether to actually become customers)? Genuine question, I might be missing what you’re getting at here.