Whew, I expected to find a backlash here.

It’s never easy for users to accept when a product moves to a paid business model after being free for a long time. We’ve seen this before with the Reddit API, Twitter API, or YouTube introducing Premium. In the end, developers are free to take that step, and I think it’s unfair to leave negative reviews just because of that change alone (especially from those who never gave a positive one when everything worked alright which - to be fair - includes me as well).

That said, I would have appreciated clearer communication beforehand, and maybe a discount for existing users as a small thank-you for their loyalty. Still, this is ultimately the developers’ decision to make.

Personally, I’m not a fan of subscriptions. Right now, I’m still weighing whether to go for the lifetime option or to look for an alternative. But I genuinely value that a one-time lifetime payment is an option at all, it’s something you rarely even get to choose these days.

The extension itself has always worked flawlessly for me, both on PC and on Firefox for Android. Sites that weren’t supported were usually added quickly after reporting, which shows real commitment from the team. And considering work that goes into developing and maintaining it, the pricing feels fair to me.

No matter if I will decide to pay or not, I hope the developers manage to rebuild trust with their userbase and appreciate their work. At the end of the day - when we're ignoring the fact it has been free before - this is a solid extension at a fair pricing model, despite the shift to a paid model having tarnished our feelings towards it.