Is Cursor having their Docker moment?

The Cloudcast

The Cloudcast
Is Cursor having their Docker moment?
Jul 16, 2025
Massive Studios

We discuss the Cursor pricing changes

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SHOW NOTES:


Topic 1 - What happened (basics of the pricing change)?

Topic 2 - How was this communicated? 

Topic 3 - Where was the confusion?

Topic 4 - Wasn’t this inevitable because of huge costs and funding rounds? 

Topic 5 - How do we square the “developers don’t pay for anything” and “AI-native vs. AI-augmented” when developers are still in the loop?

Topic 6 - Does this inevitability mean AI coding-assistants can’t be a standalone business, but need to be in a bundle? 

Topic 7 - WTF Windsurf?


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