“Free”… for non-commercial use.

Is it ethical to say a software is now free for only a learning license?

That's... not the title of the linked article?

And, whereas it's nice that Rider is now free for non-commercial use, and it's definitely a capable IDE, Visual Studio remains an equally capable-and-frequently-updated competitor, not doomed by any single "problem" that I can see?

(Source: have been using both Visual Studio and Rider for C# development for over a decade now, and they complement each other quite nicely, while also offering a perfectly acceptable solution on platforms or within organizations that only support one and not the other.)

Also: dupe, earlier submission with some more discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41935128

JetBrains just announced a big shift for Rider, making it free for non-commercial use starting October 24. Whether you're a student learning, a developer creating open-source projects, or a hobbyist tinkering with game development, you can now use the full version of Rider without a subscription. This is a significant move, especially for those of us who code outside of work on side projects or are diving into game dev with Unity or Unreal Engine.