Over the weekend, the Cricut company announced it was releasing an update that would limit how often Cricut owners could use their machines’ personal upload feature. The update would make users pay a monthly subscription fee in order to upload more than 20 personal images a month — a feature that had previously been unlimited, and free. Now, after backlash from the Cricut community, the company has apologized and postponed this update.
Obviously, the initial news didn’t go over well with Cricut owners. Owning a Cricut is no cheap feat as it is, not to mention the company already has a subscription service in place called “Cricut Access,” which allows users to access designs owned by Cricut and partners like Disney. Many who own one of the smart cutting machines also use them for more than just casual crafting and rely on Cricut’s features to run small businesses.
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