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Yes. The Cinephile tier has no time limit, no feature decay, and no forced upgrades. You can vote, follow, submit up to five active slates, multi-cast the same film as many times as you want, participate in tournaments, earn badges, and use the Watch widget without ever paying. Cast Away makes money from Auteur subscriptions and modest advertising on the free tier — not from holding features hostage.

Founding pricing locks $2.49/mo (or $24.95/year) for life — Cast Away will never raise the rate on you, even after the standard price changes. You also get the founding badge next to your handle everywhere on the site and the gold 'est. 2026' avatar frame. 250 spots total. Once they fill, the offer closes and the standard $4.99/mo price applies to new Auteurs.

Yes. Cancel from the Stripe customer portal — no phone calls, no retention scripts, no dark patterns. You keep your Auteur features until the end of the current billing period, then your account reverts to Cinephile with all your data intact. If you re-subscribe later as a founding member who already claimed a spot, your locked rate is restored.

Your Auteur badge and Auteur-only avatar frames disappear, your Letterboxd integration stops syncing new logs (your existing imports stay), and your DMs revert to Crew-only with the daily rate limit. Active slates beyond the free-tier limit of five stay visible but you can't publish new ones until you re-upgrade or unpublish some. Slate Collections stay readable on your profile but you can't create new ones. Your Badge Shelf keeps every badge you earned. Your votes, follows, and Crew are never touched.