&gt; it&#x27;s hard to get engineers making 6 figures to spend more than $50 on a tool they use every day of their working life.<p>On the flip-side, why invest all of your time become accustomed (possibly married) to an ecosystem that is beholden to someone else? Just because you spend $100 on VisualStudio doesn&#x27;t mean that MS will take your input to heart when some manager &quot;on high&quot; decides to change direction with the product.