[dave_walko]

I am sorry, I said this when they first went pay. Vlad does not seem like a nice guy. My emails that I have exchanged with him have been very short and to the point of "he is better and knows better". I do not pay for their service due to this as well as I do not see the value. I didn't see the value with their old model, and see the value even less now. I give them another year or 2 and they will be a relic of the past. This price hike and the broken promises are a clear indication they are struggling. Welcome to the deep end of the pool, how long can you tread water?

[MacsHeadroom]

>I didn't see the value with their old model, and see the value even less now.

I do see the value and would be happy to pay for the $25/month unlimited plan.

Search and AI are the largest boons to my productivity by a long shot. $25/month is nothing when the alternatives (Google, Bing, DuckDuckGo) all suck. If it was $25/day I would start to question the pricing.

[dave_walko]

While I value your thoughts, judging by the other comments on here, you are in the minority. I REALLY did/do want to like them and their product. Being on a Mac, I have tested both their standard and beta browser. It is decent. However, after seeing Kagi go from free to paid and now being even more, I see the same happening with their browser down the road. I just do not want to invest my time into an experiment only to be treated the way they have to their users. It is just shady.