If I'm understanding correctly, the thing you found offensive in that comment was the JetBrains employee talking about "dragging" people to IDEA. If that's the case, it's important to note that the notion was first suggested by the OP:

> This would not only be beneficial to developers using this editor, but could drag a lot of developers to IDEA when seeking out for a full-blown IDE eventually.

In this context, the JetBrains employee was not saying "it won't sell licenses and therefore we won't do it", they were saying "this won't do what you think it will do".

JetBrains is a company, and like any other company their focus will tend to lean toward where the money is. But my experience with Kotlin over the last several years is that JetBrains is very responsive to the community and their needs.