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

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118 points jenny91 | 1 comments | 14 Jun 24 17:19 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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mtmail ◴[14 Jun 24 19:03 UTC] No.40683874[source]▶
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."

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leerob ◴[14 Jun 24 19:29 UTC] No.40684147[source]▶
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.

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hyperhopper ◴[14 Jun 24 19:46 UTC] No.40684332[source]▶
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.

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1. fabian2k ◴[14 Jun 24 20:02 UTC] No.40684507[source]▶
I'd agree that going from a free plan to a discounted plan but with unlimited potential for additional charges is an extremely problematic change. I would even suspect that any additional charges would not be enforceable here directly after the switch, but simply putting open source projects into a position where they face this danger if they didn't read their inbox for a day or didn't want to just shut down their infrastructure immediately is a rather hostile move.