As an avid Windsurf user, I support this simplification of the pricing.
In nearly all cases, I don't care how many individual steps the model needs to take to accomplish the task. I just want it to do what I've asked it to do.
It is curious, however, that this move is coinciding with rumors of OpenAI attempting to acquire Windsurf. If an acquisition were imminent, it would seem strange to mess with the pricing structure soon beforehand.
Curious - what makes you pick, windsurf over other editors. I currently use Cursor but have seen more news about windsurf, especially after the recent news with respect to OpenAI. Do you find it better, worse, etc. And are there things it does better for you than other editors.
I don't like the "vibe" term nowadays, but when you mix two pretty abstract domains (AI and development), it's all about vibes and aura. Some model/agent works perfectly for one of us (let's keep in mind, we have a bunch of factors, from language to the complexity of the implementation), and does everything wrong for others.
You just can't measure it properly, outside of experiments and building your own assessment within your context. All the recommendations here just don't work. "Try all of them, stick with one for a while, don't forget to retry others on a regular basis" - that's my moto today.
Cursor (as an agent/orchestrator) didn't work for me at all (Python, low-level, no frameworks, not webdev). I fell in love with Windsurf ($60 tier initially). Switched entirely to JetBrains AI a few days ago (vscode is not friendly for me, PyCharm rocks), so happy about the price drop.
Clarifying the pricing would make it easier to value the revenue from current and future users. And naturally they rounded up to leave themselves literal margin for error.
In nearly all cases, I don't care how many individual steps the model needs to take to accomplish the task. I just want it to do what I've asked it to do.
It is curious, however, that this move is coinciding with rumors of OpenAI attempting to acquire Windsurf. If an acquisition were imminent, it would seem strange to mess with the pricing structure soon beforehand.