I'm already paying for sublime text and a few other developer tools and I wouldn't mind paying for a tool that helps me pay my bills.

Also I like that some of these products have a free version that makes it accessible to people coming from a poor economic background. Everyone deserves an equal opportunity in my opinion.

Now my problem about big tech corps is that they are huge bullies. I want my freedom back. Freedom of not being locked in an ecosystem. Freedom to choose my tools. Freedom of not being tracked. Freedom of everyone to be in the market without being copied, acquired or overshadowed by huge companies that buy/clone/replace any product or tool with their "free of charge" poison. Freedom to stay away of "growth and engagement" bs products.

Think of the following. How viable is to live without GMAIL nowdays? Do we want vscode to become the GMAIL of code?