The whole post feels like someone took away the &quot;free lunch&quot;. C&#x27;mon, we can understand the need to find a business model that works, right? I am having a hard time believing that they&#x27;re changing just for the heck of it.<p>Besides, They have a free version of IntelliJ, making the ultimate edition and other languages (for which there are probably more, and free, alternatives) support as &quot;premium&quot;.<p>If their tools are that good, maybe they&#x27;re worth the money and $119 per year sounds pretty much like peanuts for anyone that is trying to make money.