Would have been nice if the announcement came up BEFORE the price increase. I was fortunate enough to get it for "free" because I don't think I'd pay for the price that high imho.
Nothing personal but I don't make a habit of supporting devs who do shady things like this, so I guess it's time to unfollow them.
Best of luck to them and I hope they will be more transparent about issues like this in the future.