I gotta say this change where AUTO select for model is not thinking of your customers. This is costing us on a daily basis when we do not intend to use certain models and we all have to try to remember every time we launch Cursor to change it. Please either make this a preference so we can have sticky setting to our favorite model or at least launch with the last selected model or both.
Based on the recent changes to charge for tool usage this combined with the auto feels like a money grab.