I've been using LanguageTool for almost three years, and until recently I would have happily given it 5 stars.

Unfortunately, the recent changes to the free version have made the extension almost unusable for me. After the initial Premium trial ends, the extension no longer functions as a grammar checker, which completely defeats the reason I installed it in the first place.

I'm not giving 1 star because the software itself is bad. Quite the opposite — that's exactly why these changes are so disappointing. LanguageTool used to be an excellent free writing assistant, but now I'll have to look for an alternative.

I understand that developers need to make money, but the free version has become so limited that, for me, it has lost the value that made it worth installing.