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If it's free, you're the product.
The other response already clarified why its not free but there's also a $1 USD min spend per month to have an account on their platform meaning it's $1 USD/mo at minimum. It's just free if you're already spending that with them
After reading the link, it looks like it's not a free product, they're mostly trying to smooth out surprise traffic increases from generating unexpectedly high bills.
My theory is that is the result of complaints from customers after they get a visit from AI crawlers