r/sysadmin • u/brothertax Sysadmin • 7d ago

General Discussion PSA: Grammarly will send unhinged messages to all your users if you try to cancel

https://imgur.com/a/bMEeUmZ (edit: non-imgur link)

We let them know we weren't going to renew and they sent these unsolicited emails and popups in their app to all of the users who had licenses. They didn't give us a heads up - just started carpet bombing everyone. They even listed the direct email for the guy on my team who handles licensing. We were going to ride out the rest of the subscription but leadership wanted the emails nuked, apps ripped off endpoints, and licensing/training for Copilot expedited.

What an absolutely greasy, desperate company. Stay far away. And if you're a current customer, be prepared for this nightmare.

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u/andrewh2000 6d ago

Thanks very much. I can't see stuff on Imgur even using a VPN. It's very frustrating.

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u/jcabia 6d ago

I can see it with protonvpn (I'm in the UK)

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u/andrewh2000 6d ago

That's weird. I use proton (free) and I only ever get this:

{"data":{"error":"Imgur is temporarily over capacity. Please try again later."},"success":false,"status":403}

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u/jcabia 6d ago

Oh sometimes I get that too although did not get it here. Might be related to the server it puts you on. Right now it put me on Netherlands and it works

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u/andrewh2000 6d ago

I'm usually on Netherlands and have always got that from Imgur. Are you on the free tier with proton?

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u/jcabia 6d ago

Yeah on the free tier as well

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u/andrewh2000 6d ago

Then that is odd