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Nah, that's just toxic corporate stuff.
It's the same thing a lot of companies' subscriptions do where they give you something extra over time so that they can take it away if you ever decide to try testing out another service. Normally it is something small though, like something decorative or just something saying that you've been a member for a long time, so at least they're giving you something useful for them to take away later, or maybe that makes it worse, I dunno~
It's like post-marketing. You're already a user/customer, but companies still want to put psychological hooks in you.
Kind of reminds me of steam's insane discounts or epic giving away games. That's more geared toward bringing people in, maybe.
I'd like to believe some instances of this sort of thing can be out of genuine appreciation for supporters, but I might just be naive... It is straight out of the abuser's handbook.
If they were they would give back the extra space once a user resub