I've been using Evernote for 14 years both as a free and paying customer depending on my needs. Evernote has never been financially sound (or technically on top of things) and I get they need to make money to keep things running. Their latest move, however, is not ok for any company which I entrust my data to. Overnight, without any prior warning (no email or nothing), they reduce the free tier to no functionality to speak of and expect people to pay up. I don't mind paying for service but not to a company which deploys such unethical practices. I got my 3500 notes out and closed my account.