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Analysis, histories, playbooks.
Long-form posts on AI vendor pricing — the patterns we see in the receipts. Every claim sourced.
FEATURED · MAY 13 · 2026
Every silent AI nerf in 2026 (so far): what 20 receipts tell us
Twenty silent vendor changes across 18 AI tools this year - tier removals, billing-model shifts, model swaps, free-tier rugpulls. The patterns say a lot about who's next.
RECEIPTS REFERENCED
20
VENDORS COVERED
18
PRIMARY SOURCES
47
How to predict when your AI tool will nerf you
Every AI tool eventually changes its pricing, caps a tier, or swaps the model. Here are the 6 signals that almost always come first - and what to do when you spot them.
Read →Every silent change to Cursor pricing since 2024
A complete timeline of every plan change, cap shift, and quality nerf we've caught for Cursor. Built from primary sources - the Wayback Machine, status posts, and reader screenshots.
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