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Why Developers are Cancelling Cursor Subscriptions
- Developers are cancelling subscriptions to Cursor, a once-popular AI coding assistant, due to declining performance, hidden costs, and a shift away from its original developer-centric focus.
- Issues with Cursor include declining usefulness, hidden charges, and deteriorating performance according to developers who have been long-time users.
- Introduction of Anthropic’s Claude Sonnet 3.7 is cited as a starting point for Cursor's downfall, with reports of auto-uninstallation and refusal to uninstall.
- Users have noted a decrease in precision, struggling to understand related code, and an increased need for manual intervention with Cursor.
- Developers are transitioning to alternatives like Google’s Gemini 2.5 and Codeium’s Windsurf, praising the latter for context handling and accuracy.
- Cursor faced backlash for the introduction of a costly MAX plan, additional prompt fees, and charging for services available for free through Google’s API.
- Complaints include unclear pricing, catering more towards beginners, and a lack of communication and responsiveness to user feedback.
- While some developers still find value in Cursor for auto-coding, many are switching to alternatives like RooCode, Cline, and Windsurf.
- Autocomplete remains a standout feature of Cursor, but developers are exploring other tools like RooCode and Cline due to trust issues.
- The coding community is looking for developer-centric AI tools, with JetBrains and VSCode being cited as examples of balancing developer needs with broader market reach.
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