Still pestered to get “premium” features – Fantastical Calendar Review

The constant visualization of locked premium features just feels like a slap to the face as a former customer. I purchased F1 and F2 (on ALL platforms, Mac, iOS, and even separately on iPadOS because it wasn't universal) and I really don't need anything from F3 that wasn't already in F2. Why do I have to be shown all the "premium" features in the UI that I'm missing out on? I wish there was a setting to hide these completely. It's even worse if you accidentally tap on one of those premium features and get pestered by the popups when you never intended to even do that. If/when I am ready to subscribe I would just do that through a dedicated place. It shouldn't intrude on my calendar and productivity workspace. This goes against what the product is actually trying to do. I personally don't see the value in premium so I hate that it's constantly advertised. I hate it so much I went back to using the default Calendar app instead and the entire experience is just sour. Every update I check back if it's been changed it's not. It just feels like someone put ads in my paid version of Fantastical 2 and it's really unpleasant. Flexibits team, I know you work hard and put a lot of thought into Fantastical, but there is too much compromise in the user experience. This app feels like Flexibits shifted its values as a company from one that cared deeply about productivity to one that cares more about upselling their formerly loyal customer base. Maybe this falls on deaf ears...
Review by CrystalPepsi on Fantastical Calendar.