1 MB file size limit. That’s officially worse than email. Ridiculous.
And 100 MB if I pay? Wtf, what year is this, 2002?

It's reality. They're not using ads or any other unethical means of profit seeking. Imagine if everyone started using Matrix and no one paid, where do you suppose the money should come from to pay for the servers? It's like going to the grocery store and being outraged that fruit has a price tag; "what the fuck, I can't just take this?"

Also, I can't remember ever sending files nearing 100 ㎆ via chat. Just use a cloud service and send the URL.

All these free services have made us spoiled, lazy, and greedy. I've written some related essay about it:

What if I paid for all my free software?
I've always felt guilty by taking for granted the rare breed of virtuous humans that provide free excellent software without relying on advertising. Let's change that and pay, how much would I “lose” anyway? —https://www.arscyni.cc/file/take_my_money.html

1 MB file size limit. That’s officially worse than email. Ridiculous. And 100 MB if I pay? Wtf, what year is this, 2002?