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TL;DR
- Helium Mobile ended its free Zero plan for existing subscribers, forcing them onto the paid Air plan. The move directly contradicted the company’s previous statements, which asserted that existing users would not be affected.
- On the MVNO’s official Discord server, CEO Amir Haleem called early adopters “parasites” and exclaimed, “good riddance.”
- The comments have since been edited and deleted, with the CEO noting that they didn’t “mean it quite so broadly there.”
Helium Mobile caught everyone’s attention with its Zero Plan, a phone plan that offered 3GB of data, 300 texts, and 100 minutes of phone calls for absolutely nothing — no hidden fees or monthly plans. Late last month, the MVNO ended the plan for new subscribers, noting that current subscribers are not affected — but ended up impacting them last week too. If you haven’t already considered your options, you should do so soon, especially given what the company’s CEO thinks its customers are.
On Helium Mobile’s official Discord server, a member shared feedback with the team, saying the company was throwing its members “to the curb” by ending the free plan.
