Regardless, if they didn't understand the risks before, surely they do now. The cat's out of the bag.

Even if it was a mistake (it never is) this shows how they control YOUR data. I really hope they don't stay.

I assume there is a meeting going on right now at Slack where someone is asking: "So before we embarrass ourselves again, are there any other price hikes planned for educational and charitable organizations I should know about?"

Hike prices for thousands of orgs, revert for the ones that make it to front page of HN. End up with way more money than not hiking prices for anyone

You sound like straight shooter with upper management written all over you.

No way to know for sure, but you are very likely correct