I paid $99 for a Lifetime Deal. Now, Startups.com has restructured, creating a $49/mo "Pro" tier for live sessions while dumping early adopters into a devalued "legacy" silo that is their free offerings.

The "exclusive" masterclasses are now free on YouTube/web, and the live workshops — the core value sold on AppSumo — are paywalled. The original deal terms explicitly stated: "If Plan name changes, deal will be mapped to the new Plan name." Instead of honoring this, they’ve used the "Pro" label to bypass obligations to early supporters.

Paying $99 for access that is now effectively public is a classic bait-and-switch. This "feature stripping" is a total disregard for the community that funded their growth. Please advise, will Startups.com honor the "mapping" promise with Pro access or continue burning brand image?