In my opinion, reducing the AISfree service is clearly a signal that the product has been sufficient enough for the private users and this reduction seems a desperate move in order to get people to pay nearly 1000 euros per year for the full package. I wonder how many ship enthusiasts (who I'm 100% sure that most of the AISfree service users are) have now switched to the full service... I believe none, or then they have too much cash in their pockets. I think the whole AIS service won't last long, otherwise these kind of reductions would not have been made.
Brgds,
Aleksi