Change from Apple Subscription to direct Dropbox plan

I have the exact same issue. I've let my subscription lapse (as per instructions) as it was managed through the Apple store and I still can't resubcribe through dropbox directly - almost like Apple is trying to force me into resubscribing through them.
Membership lapsed on the 10/8/23 - granted access for another month, might have to wait until I lose access completely (which I can't afford to do, I use dropbox for both personal and profressional purposes).
I think it's very strange and frustrating that Dropbox can't override the subscription preferences - must be some kind of weird deal they're stuck in with Apple in my opinion.

Either way, I don't want to lose access to my data but waiting in limbo is terrifying.

Maybe it's time to switch to Google Drive.