I am not objecting to promos for new joiners per se. As you note, many companies/services do that. The context I have noted is important tho. You can see reading back on this thread how existing users have had to put up with a substandard product for the last year - for which EF has happily kept our full subscriptions.

EDIT: essentially those of us who paid full price and got a faulty product for a year get nothing, those who are joining as new get a nice discount. clearly shows the contempt that the current EF owners have of their subscription base. anyway, when folks no longer renew, perhaps they will get the messsage.