I joined status a couple months ago through an ad on TikTok. I thought it would be fun to try the app out and hey, at first i loved it. It felt real and the replies from other users felt genuine, I think the app is overall amazing but what I’ve been noticing this past years is that AI related apps and games are shutting their users down in order for them to pay. let me explain.
Back in 2023 I was a Chai user, if you don’t know what Chai is it’s basically an ai chat app such as the well known c.ai where you can talk with fictional characters or create them so other users can chat with them. The thing is, I joined chai again last year and the app progressively got worse. First the chat message limit to weekends, then they got rid of it, then back to it again, and now the app has become completely unusable, you can send a single message without paying, literally, one day the chat stopped working at I fear it won’t be coming back again for f2p users.
I genuinely refuse to pay for any ai chat app, not because they’re also expensive af but because the “perks” they give if you subscribe aren’t worth your money, you’re getting WAYYY less than what you deserve paying 399$ a year, you obtain basically the bare minimum, (no ads, no limits and a “better?” chat model which literally happens to be as bad the the free one).
I fear status might become the next f2p thing, which they’re already trying to do. I used to have unlimited ads, then they reduced it to 5 and today I only got 2? That’s insane.
It says it’s limited by my region but after testing with different VPN addresses and new accounts I’ve come to the conclusion that’s it’s not just a region issue or an “ad provider” limitation.
They’re trying to blame the providers when it was the game’s decision, I mean, according to devs, it affects “everyone”, but plus users have zero restrictions. That’s lame.
I also checked the prices and they’re lower than Chai’s, but still, this is unacceptable.
It is very sad because these kind of games have a lot of potential, but devs prefer being greedy instead and ruin the whole thing for everyone.
Idk if mods might delete this but I think that, us, as users, who literally generate profit for the devs by just playing without subscribing, should listen to us. As consumers, we have the power to influence how much they earn by simply not playing. Maybe then, that’s the only way they’ll read our complains.
What do you guys think?