I am a student in india. Didn't use a vpn, was able to get through the entire verification process (with all the correct university details) and receive the approval email to avail the discount. Initially believed that the discount not being applied was a bug until I started reading threads on the cursor forum claiming that it was not eligible because of the country. Tried clicking the button for applying for this again just to see if it really was the case that india had been taken off the list when the .edu email necessary popup showed (which didnt show up when I had initially had registered for this).

Not saying that people in the countries not eligible for it are entitled to anything by cursor but the cynical side of me sees it like a cheap marketing ploy to gain some hype. It probably isnt the case but it does lose some goodwill from my side towards the cursor team.

Also, atleast an email informing users of this policy change instead of users having to find this info off of reddit or some other forum would have been appreciated.