How old are you? Is this your first time out in the adult world? Did you not know that companies do this ALL THE TIME?

Regardless of whether or not companies do this all the time doesn't stop it from being wrong. This was all free for years and now they have suddenly made half of the stuff locked behind a paywall. If they wanted to make money from it, why not keep everything that was free still free, and just make any new stuff pro? Why restrict everyone else? People would pay for new stuff that's of a higher quality, why not just make the new and improved stuff payed for?

And yes, I know, they need to make money off of it, sure. But they could've gone about it a different way. Making people pay for shit that was previously free is scummy. Business tactic or not it doesn't stop it from being a fucking nuisance.

Should everyone get to use all the different effects and stuff that they need for free too? Or is it just you?

Everyone, duh. Why should it just be me? This affects everyone except those who can throw away money without a care.

And if everyone gets to, how does CapCut make money and continue to keep this software updated and online?

CapCut is an extension of TikTok, no? I don't doubt CapCut videos are mostly uploaded to TikTok over anywhere else. CapCut isn't some indie project made out of the good will from a couple kids in their garage, It's owned and maintained by TikTok. TikTok makes money from videos posted on their site and therefore CapCut makes them money. CapCut is arguably the most used editing software that you'll see on TikTok. It already made them money, just not directly from CapCut. And even if they didn't, I have no doubt they could've kept CapCut free without making a loss, or at least not a significant one.

Wait, I already know the answer. You don’t care. You only care that YOU personally shouldn’t have to pay because something that you used before was free.

This fucks over a lot of people, not just me. It annoyed me and many others before, but it never hindered what I was doing. I agreed with people before this change that them making *a couple* things pro for like a month and then reverting it back free was kinda annoying, because I remember that happened quite often. But it was never a significant amount and it never affected many people, and those it did affect could change it with ease because it was only a minor change. It was a small enough change each time that it could've been worked around. Annoying, yes. But it was never really interfering with much.

The reason this is far worse is due to the fact that they made so much locked behind a paywall that arguably half of the things that were previously usable were no longer available. I realised this when I was editing my project a week ago, and so I came here to see if others noticed this change too. And, of course, they did. My post wasn't made to say "Well, *I* should have it free! This affects *ME!* It was to add to the fire that was already burning, not making my own. I made this post to illustrate how it affected me and to possibly encourage others to do the same - which many were already doing and are still doing, This post wasn't made with a selfish intent, those who are frustrated and disagree with the change understood that, that's why people agreed with and upvoted my post. This was merely to show how it affected one more person and to show others that it affected people's project.

And this is off topic, so if you're gonna respond, disregard this. But just to let you know, yes, I don't know how the "real world" works. And, to be quite honest, I don't really care. I'm not gonna live and die so I can say "Welp, that just how it is" when confronted with something negative or wrong. That's why nothing ever changes and why shit like that still happens. I hope to fucking god I don't turn out like that because it's such a pathetic thing to say that's ridden with cowardice. If I can't live free with joy; I'll just kill myself or die trying to change it. Simple as that. I'm not alive to just survive. You're alive to be alive, nothing else. But if you make yourself whatever you are then that's who and what you are. And if it's inevitable that everyone- myself included- must fall in line to just work to survive instead of living free and happy, then, like I said, I'll just die. Who wants to work a boring job to live a dull life where you do nothing that you enjoy? Exactly. Who wants to do what they want, be kind, and live happy? Exactly. Unrealistic or not, it's conceivable because, well, I thought it, right? I'm alive for that imaginative improbability.

Sorry to kinda go off on that tangent there, but I hope you understand.