Cricut announced in a new blog post that its automatic cutting and printing machine will no longer require a subscription for unlimited uploads next year. The company took a step back when it announced that it would postpone the move until 2022. But now Cricut’s CEO, Ashish Arora, is completely reversing the company’s plans, ensuring that Cricut’s machines will work as they always have.
“We made the decision to reverse our previously shared plans. At the moment, all members can upload an unlimited number of images and patterns to Design Space for free, and we have no intention of changing this policy. This is true if you are a current member of Cricut or are considering joining the Cricut family before or after December 31, 2021, ”writes Arora.
Upload limits for Cricut’s mandatory Design Space app were a controversial issue for regular Cricut artisans. Although Design Space can function as a separate creation software, many users prefer to create their art in other applications and bring them to Design Space to finish them, before their Cricut cuts them out of paper, fabric and other materials.
In Cricut’s controversial plan, the company offered 20 Design Space uploads per month for free and blocked unlimited uploads behind a paid Cricut Access subscription. The change did not please users, who were not only used to having unlimited uploads for free, but also wanted to avoid additional costs or be forced to use Design Space for all of their projects.
Cricut’s original response seemed to satisfy many of its customers, but now the company has gone a step further and transformed its subscription plan into what it started as a supplement, rather than a requirement for normal use.