We stopped using it as you said. TFA is all about how many people did that. The money grab is in how they've gone about this. They made up an excuse about how

We stopped using it as you said. TFA is all about how many people did that. The money grab is in how they've gone about this. They made up an excuse about how this is better for users somehow (as discussed in the article as well). If they want to eliminate the free tier they should just do it.