I really dislike the news of this coming update

If been playing with GeoGuessr for years and, to be honest, I don't have a Pro subscription and I never will. There are plenty of apps and websites that have a perfectly reasonable model for having a free version supported by adds. Look at Duolingo.
I will hold my final thoughts until I see what "there will be a simpler version of GeoGuessr for non-pro users as well as limitations on what maps that will be available" means but I'm really skeptical. Perhaps the way to entice people to using your Pro subscription is not to make the free version lame, but the pro version actually worth the investment.
No ads? They don't bug me.
Custom maps? I don't make em.

Now, that being said, I will hold my thoughts until I see how it looks but I felt compelled to make a comment here.