Let’s be honest. Cursor’s pricing model is outright ridiculous in every way. We already did the math in my previous comment, didn’t we?
Now let’s rewind to the old days of Cursor. Back then, Pro users had it easy. No one was complaining because they actually had a reliable environment where they could manage their projects.
But here’s what really happened when people first started using Cursor: they planned to use it only for the tricky parts they couldn’t solve on their own. But then they realized: “Wait, Cursor can just do everything for me?”
And they stopped even trying. People got lazy. It was like a drug. We got addicted. That laziness became ingrained in us. It’s an ugly truth: AI has been rotting us from the inside out.
Then Cursor changed its pricing model. Suddenly, your credits ran out fast, and that’s when the real desperation kicked in. You clung to Auto mode—only to be abandoned with something as half-baked as GPT-4.1.
It’s not subtle. They’re forcing you to upgrade to Ultra.
Are you secretly a Cursor employee undercover?
Bad news, buddy—we’ve blown your cover! 
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Here is the summary for those who are too lazy to read, my friends.
I suspect I might be too optimistic, but I really like Cursor. Except for two ■■■■■■■ bugs they won’t fix for several weeks 
Guys, a kind request not to share screenshots of yearly plan. This might suggest somebody that yearly plan is a valid option.
It is not. Cursor pricing and usage rules might end up changing multiple times over a year. And AI landscape changes way too fast anyways.
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Hi, I apologise if you are unhappy with our new pricing model.
We are constantly working to improve the performance of models inside Cursor, and I will pass your feedback regarding GPT-4.1 to the team. Unfortunately, this thread as progressed to a point where the discussion is no longer constructive, so I will be locked it for now.
If anyone has any questions on the new pricing model, please feel free to post those in our Pricing Megathread, which is pinned on the homepage!
Thanks
