"I'm disappointed that their price doubled to $199."
Me too. I got mine in 2010 when it was on sale for $99 on DNA day. I don't know when the price went to $99 as a regular price, but it seems like a long time, and that was back when you got the health reports.
My version did 600k snps, then they went up to 1mil snp, and now they're back down to 610k snps.
I'm disappointed that they haven't expanded SNP coverage too. One of the benefits was supposed to be retesting with new versions without having to do the spittle mailer again - they'd just take more from the original sample. That first sample was supposed to be just the beginning of an ever expanding test.
They've really been stymied by the FDA. By killing the health reports for new customers, the FDA has really killed the potential market. We're from the government, and we're here to help!
http://blog.23andme.com/23andme-and-you/a-new-23andme-experience/
Looks like they were finally able to work out something with the FDA, and are back up and running. On the one hand, I'm very excited about the return of personalized genetic testing, but on the other hand I'm disappointed that their price doubled to $199. I was going to get kits for my 4-member family for Christmas, but that won't be feasible now.
Another interesting release from 23andme that came out at the same time is their [transparency report](https://www.23andme.com/transparency-report/), which shows how many requests from law enforcement they have gotten for customer DNA access, and what percentage they have gone through with.