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Cursor user decries subscription deception and buggy ecosystem

A long-time user of the AI coding assistant Cursor expresses significant dissatisfaction with the platform's recent changes. The user claims deception regarding subscription pricing, stating that promised premium API usage was removed without clear announcement, despite assurances that existing plans would remain unchanged. Furthermore, the user highlights numerous bugs and a lack of development in Cursor's CLI, SDK, and SDK bridge, particularly on Windows, making it difficult to build on the platform. This user believes that while competitors like Claude and Codex have improved, Cursor's ecosystem has stagnated or worsened, leading them to abandon the service. AI

IMPACT Highlights potential user churn and developer frustration with AI coding tools.

RANK_REASON User complaint about a product's features and pricing.

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Cursor user decries subscription deception and buggy ecosystem

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  1. r/cursor TIER_2 English(EN) · /u/Niminem93 ·

    Subscription Deception & Ecosystem Woes

    <!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>I've been a Cursor user for a year now, with multiple Ultra subscriptions. Despite a promise in keeping the current pricing when the plans just changed, I no longer received the $400-500 in premium API usage and it was not publicly announced that…