I guess they harvested enough user data by now and don't need to give it away for free anymore, well it had some uses but not enough for me to pay for
this post was submitted on 09 Dec 2025
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What a bunch of cheap parasitic bastards, like it ubtil you have to give something in return, incredible.
Their local model is also pretty nice
Wtf
Ooof. I think it's a pretty useful tool, but not worth anything close to what they're asking for a paid subscription.
long time coming for a pii reseller company
People here don't seem to understand that this is only for the browser extension, you can still use the site directly...
Are there any alternatives besides the local model?
There is https://writewithharper.com/
Thanks!
Just checked, and it's nice to use. Too bad it only supports english for now, but still a good alternative.
They have an Emacs client, heck yes!
I really wish there was one better than Gramerly and now this....
Well, Harper's a thing, for English.
Worth paying for. Honestly guys selhost for yourself and family contribute to project you depend on, and pay for everything else you don't have the time to do that too.
Its free as in freedom, not free as in beer. Their still FOSS even so this isn't even a rug pull imho. The worst thing is it requires an account which hurts the privacy aspect of that. One the few times something like Meta mask actually makes sense... Maybe some way to get an token generated and sent for use rather than a blanket account
Tbh as long as the libreoffice extraction stays free then no problem imo.
And now everyone who is salty about it repeats: If you don't pay for it you are the product.
Tbh, their product is much better than the alternatives, especially for non English cases and we selfhost it anyway for aged now. Which works perfectly well and remains free and open - source.
Well, Since their alternative Quillbot does not support Firefox. I might switch to Grammarly