[citizenpaul]

I've been burned too mamy times. Once a product realizes that x% of its free tier uses only feature X they suddenly put that feature behind a paywall. Now I"ve got to research and setup an alternative or pay 20$ for some minor convenice I set it up for.

Most free tiers requires a card on file. I shudder to think at having to check dozens or hundreds of such services regularly to make sure they have not sent out an email about how we are now charging you. Then I don't notice for 6 months and find out I spend $150 on something I could have setup myself in less than an hour that will never charge me.

I have had hundreds of such products subscribed at work. At least every year or so an entire day gets burnt updating credit card info from logging in and looking up the bespoke way every single site requires the updates to be done for payments.

The services that suddenly shut their doors and again require me to research and setup an alternative.

Services get acquired all the time then switch to pay only and they have your CC on file already for easy billing.