Paid for iBird app: now have to pay to subscribe to the app

I would abandon that app pretty quick. Previously available features that get locked behind a sub later on is infuriating. Like LastPass locking desktop and mobile use behind a subscription.

Tangentially related - This app, merlin, has a bird song identifier and it is fantastic.

https://merlin.allaboutbirds.org/

With this sort of change, I go from a paying customer to one that doesn't bother subscribing. I have very limited tolerance for subscriptions.