Cursor’s Pricing Backlash Sparks Developer Exodus

A wave of frustration has engulfed Cursor, the AI coding assistant, following what users describe as a “rug pull” on its pricing and usage policy.  Over the past few days, users have been cancelling their subscriptions en masse, voicing outrage over what they perceive as an abrupt and poorly communicated change to their plans—especially Cursor’s highly marketed “unlimited” Pro plan. On July 4, Cursor users began noticing that their usage quotas were being depleted far faster than expected.  Stevan Ljuljdurovic, former COO of CrowdControl, summed up the confusion by saying, “No clue what Cursor did to their pricing model but I somehow burned through my subscription in 3 days when normally I make it like 20-25 days. After I opted out it shows I used … 8 requests.” Many users echoed the same concern—Cursor’s Pro plan, which once promised unlimited usage, had effectively been capped. “Cursor constantly changing their pricing without any proper announcement and documentation re