I wonder how many users are similar to me - been using Evernote for several years on the free plan, pretty simple user (basic notes, tags)....have roughly 800 notes. Would have been fine paying something each year for this app, but not $128 a year as a very basic user. Just checked out UpNote - fits my needs perfectly and is $30 for lifetime license.
Evernote preventing me from creating a new note on the free plan (over the new 50 max limit) is a wild move without offering a lower cost price plan than $128/yr. And the craziest part of all of this for me is that Evernote on Mac has had much worse performance the past few versions. Not sure if it's my Mac, compatibility or what, but it definitely drags its feet while loading notes. If performance was better, I most likely would have paid for a plan if the cost was right. The search field is frustrating also - you've clicked into it and start typing only to realize you're cursor has been kicked out somewhere else or something to do with the auto-suggest loading causes the issue.
Once a happy Evernote user, don't need all of the extras, would have paid something reasonable for simple usage/plan, now going to UpNote. I imagine their new pricing isn't concerned with users like me however. Who knows.