On the contrary, I think companies are more willing than ever to pay for quality 3rd-party tools and software. The reality is that the Qt licensing costs are a bargain relative to time saved for enterprise customers. It's not even a question at this point.
The complaints usually come from people thinking of lean startups or selling hobby projects, where the licensing overhead is another non-trivial number on your cost of goods sold. Many of the complaints here would only realistically be a problem for someone selling a very small number (<100) of their product per year with very low margin, which is far more rare than people think.
Regardless, Qt still has a separate small business license with a different pricing structure: https://www.qt.io/qt-for-small-business