I think this is a little over-excited. Throwing around phrases like "false charge" and "holding your videos hostage" is a bit much. It sounds like their billing system is a bit clunky and you were probably hit by a timezone issue, which isn't great but hardly "predatory".
I have nothing to do with Vimeo and don't want to sound automatically on their side but it sounds like you're getting exactly what you wanted? You even talk about needing to change to monthly billing in a year - so you still expect to be using it - didn't you just save money? They billed you a few hours early, OK, not cool, but that doesn't rise to "predatory" in my book.
I have nothing to do with Vimeo and don't want to sound automatically on their side but it sounds like you're getting exactly what you wanted? You even talk about needing to change to monthly billing in a year - so you still expect to be using it - didn't you just save money? They billed you a few hours early, OK, not cool, but that doesn't rise to "predatory" in my book.