I understand the need to push more people to subscription, or to otherwise monetize the info they collect. If you don’t help them achieve that, then they don’t much care what you think.

But I think it’s a very poor tactic to take something away from the free level; even if you don’t care about the particular feature. It just causes resentment. Far better to simply add every new feature to the paid level. OTOH, if I’m not going to switch to a pay level, and likely never will, then why should they care if I’m put off by their decision?