I don't know anything about business, but it seems like the only way that business survive with a "free" price is to either gather and sell lots of customer dat

I don't know anything about business, but it seems like the only way that business survive with a "free" price is to either gather and sell lots of customer data or to play into a Ponzi scheme with investor money (or both). If this is AI, presumably you're farming out to OpenAI or Anthropic or something, which would cost you some money right? $2/month really isn't much money, and I think giving unrestricted free access sets a bad precedent and will make it harder to make money in the future. I think it might make sense to have a generally-available one month free trial though. That way, you can get some users to give you feedback without making special exceptions for individuals.