yeah… I mentioned my concerns about this a while back when they were suggesting $5 and after some thought natively said ok to anyone giving any amount $1 or more, but agree (while money is needed to keep things running) it’s still can sometimes feel like that enshitification feeling from a user perspective regardless
as far as notice - there wasn’t email or anything (that I am aware of) but it was discussed on the forums here prior in June with the announcement here (along with the discussion about the money) :
Natively also added this (think it was June this year) to the About US
