‘Comet Has Been Gutted’: A Week of Paid AI Features Quietly Disappearing
For a year the loudest complaints in consumer AI have been about the meter: vanishing limits, tokens burning faster than the pricing page implied, a flat plan quietly behaving like a taxi fare. This week the grievance shifted one notch sideways, from “you’re metering what I paid for” to something blunter: you’re taking away what I paid for . Features removed. Browsers paywalled. Favourite models…
In the past week, several paid AI features have quietly disappeared, leaving users frustrated. Perplexity, a consumer AI service, experienced a shift from consumers complaining about metered limits to the removal of features they had already paid for. Key features removed include Perplexity's agentic browser "Comet," which was paywalled overnight, making it expensive to use.
Users also noted the removal of model information displayed alongside AI-generated answers and the removal of certain models, such as Gemini 3.1 Pro, from their available options. These changes, while individually minor, collectively reduced the value of the subscription. Additionally, some users felt an intrusive ad was being pushed onto their paid subscriptions, detracting from the overall experience.
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