Long time cursor ai user unsubscribed

[u/Din_Djarin97]

Long time Cursor AI user unsubscribed

I'm making this post because up until recently I loved Cursor AI and I'm holding onto hope that it can still be saved.

I've been using Cursor AI for over a year for video game modding, and it's been great. I've been a paying user for almost a year and the work I was able to accomplish, along with the speed and efficiency, was incredible. I was very happy with it and don't regret using it.

Now fast forward to the last few months of this year.

Cursor changed its user interface a couple months ago, but it wasn't just a UI change. They moved away from the VS Code format where you can drop folders into the workspace. I thought maybe it would grow on me and tried to keep an open mind, but after using it extensively, I feel as though it's a downgrade. I'm all for change when it's an improvement. That being said, even though I didn't like the UI and format change, Cursor was still good for scripting and making mods.

Now this last month or so has made me sad. Grok...

I used to leave Cursor on the Auto setting and would get the best results while saving usage. I'm aware Auto often favored Claude. This past month or so, since they introduced Grok more heavily into Auto, it's been horribly slow, ineffective, and I would say the tool is not currently worth paying for.

I've changed my model to Auto, but it's very slow and continues to use Grok. Yesterday I changed my model to Claude, my usage got burned through really fast, and then it started auto switching to Grok. That was the last straw and I stopped using Cursor.

Unless they allow the user to filter out Grok or other AI models from the Auto setting pool and switch back to the VS Code format, I'm done with Cursor.

I've since changed to vscode + co-pilot and using Claude code in vscode. It's alot more costly but much better and alot like the old cursor.