Cloud AI subscriptions are getting desperate with retention. honestly makes me want to go more local

Ok so two things happened this week that made me appreciate my local setup way tried to cancel cursor ($200/mo ultra plan) and they instantly threw 50% off at me before I could even confirm. no survey, no exit flow, just straight to "please stay." thats not confidence lol then claude (im on the $100/mo pro plan) started giving me free API calls. 100 one day, 100 the next day. no email about it, no announcement, just free compute showing up. very "please dont leave" energy their core customers are software engineers and. we're getting laid off in waves. 90k+ tech jobs gone this year.