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Cloudflare Now Shows You Which AI Agents Are Reading Your Site
Two new controls that decide whether ChatGPT and friends can read your site, plus the one default that most site owners have never looked at.
Chintan Dhokai
Full-stack developer. Has published 215 posts on DEV Community and writes about AI models, agents and the cost of running them. Covers AI assistants, productivity software and developer tooling for eFree Directory.
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ChatGPT Pro Now Bundles API Credits, But Plus Gets Nothing
A subscription benefit that mirrors the tier price, expires monthly, and cannot cover the one product most subscribers would want it for.
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Gemini 2.5 Pro and Flash Retire on 1 December, and Free Users Move Down
Google announced both retirements on 2 November and neither is a shutdown. The traffic simply moves, at a different price, to a model you did not choose.
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India's Free ChatGPT Go Year Ends From Tomorrow
The free year most Indian ChatGPT users claimed in November 2025 runs out from tomorrow. Go renews at Rs 399 unless cancelled, and the model you lose is not the one you think.
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Suno MCP Is Free on Every Plan, But Your Chat App Is Not
Suno says the MCP works on all its plans, Free included. That is true and almost irrelevant, because the assistant you plug it into has its own paywall.
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Your Free Google AI Pro Is Not the Same Plan
Same plan name, same $19.99 value, fewer models. Google's own Antigravity docs list four models a promotional Pro plan cannot reach.
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Gemini 4 Argon Doubles in Price on 1 December
Every Argon price doubles on 1 December. But batching already halves the rate permanently, so the deadline only hurts work that cannot wait in a queue.
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Big Cartel's Free Gold Plan Sells Five Things, Fee Free
Five products, no monthly cost and no commission. The oldest free tier in e-commerce is still the cheapest way to run a small shop honestly.
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Ecwid No Longer Has a Free Plan. Its Pricing Page Proves It.
The free plan that made Ecwid popular is not on the pricing page any more. The cheapest entry is a paid tier with a ten-product cap.
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Gumroad Has No Free Plan. It Has a 10% Cut.
There is no plan to choose. You pay nothing to list and a tenth of everything you sell, or a third if the buyer came from Gumroad.
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Payhip Is Free Forever and Takes 5% of Everything
Every feature is on every plan, including free. The only thing that changes as you pay more is how large a cut Payhip takes.
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Square Free Takes 3.3% and Gives You a Store
No subscription, a real online store and a point of sale. The cost is entirely per transaction, which makes the maths depend on how much you sell.