This is disingenuous. If you introduce a new product and say 'here's my business model' then sure, people can take it or leave it.
If you have a well established product that dominates its market and exploit your vendor lock-in to say 'hey in 30 days I'm just going to start charging you an additional rent in exchange for nothing, by turning off a feature you may have come to depend on' then you're basically telling your existing customers 'fuck you, that's why.'
They haven't created anything of value in this case. they've destroyed value in order to extract an economic rent. It's zombie economics.
If you have a well established product that dominates its market and exploit your vendor lock-in to say 'hey in 30 days I'm just going to start charging you an additional rent in exchange for nothing, by turning off a feature you may have come to depend on' then you're basically telling your existing customers 'fuck you, that's why.'
They haven't created anything of value in this case. they've destroyed value in order to extract an economic rent. It's zombie economics.