This is literally for you to get tangled in their api and when they stop giving you the allowance they hope you will just continue to pay
What does "tangled in their api" mean? Switching is pretty easy.
That's an old tactic for an old world. You only need, what, half an hour with your agent of choice to write you out of that?
Nah, it's pretty trivial to switch providers (especially with Claude's help, ha).
This is more to encourage people to try out adding AI into their product, which is a totally different flow and experience from using AI to build the product.