Vercel ends open-source sponsorship program giving projects 24hr notice

I found somebody on twitter posting their email

https://x.com/ArnaudLigny/status/1801536871962489145

"Hey there,

Your team cecil is currently enrolled in the Vercel sponsorship program.

Your 100% off discount is expiring on June 14.

To give you time to handle this transition, we will automatically enroll your team into a $300/mo discount for the next 6 months, starting on June 14 and ending on December 14.

Thank you for partnering together with us.

Please reach out to sponsorships@vercel.com if you have any questions."

Hey there, I work at Vercel. Our sponsorship program has not ended. Some sponsorships have expired like this quoted email, but hopefully 6 months give them time to either re-apply or explore other options.

We haven’t been accepting new sponsorships while we update the existing program, but it’s still running and will accept sponsorships again, soon.

You're not giving them 6 months. You're giving them 1 day, before they may end up even seeing the email and getting charged against their will. Even if they do see the email, 1 day is not enough for a change of service notification that would require a migration.

This is disgusting extortioniate behavior that would make me reconsider doing business with Vercel.