I would like to open this discussion and ask you to join me and express your voice as to thet the changes that GENI management "inflicted" on the non-paying members. I think the worst changes for me are that I cannot merge nor search names, anything I try to do is greeted by an ad to join Geni-Pro. Would I have known that the conditions of the non paying membeers would be changed I would not have invested endless hours on my Tree and inviting my family and friends to join. I somehow feel betrayed.
If Geni needs more paying customers its fine with me but why on my expense? Why worsen the terms of use of the "old" users, why not start it with the newcomers who have no yet invested zillions of hours and can decide if they still want to join? They simply would not join I guess.
Well, I shall have to consider my steps. I might even delete totally my Tree and transfer the contents to another more accommodating genealogy site.