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> BBEdit is like an insurance policy just in case…

I'm curious to understand how proprietary software can act as an insurance policy against open source software. I can understand how the reverse would be true.

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I think he means insurance in the sense that if he wants to use it (for whatever reason) it's there.

But BBEdit, while proprietary software, doesn't make proprietary files. They're just text files. So if BareBones went insane and turned BBEdit into a front-end for TikTok, your files will still just be text files. Even BBEdit's "Project" file is just a text file.

It think OP means insurance in that they know how to use it well and can "fall back" to it if their current choice fails to meet their needs. I do not think they meant insurance as in failsafe/archival purposes/the company shutting down.

> It think OP means insurance in that they know how to use it well and can "fall back" to it if their current choice fails to meet their needs.

This is exactly what I meant.

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