Will CIQ’s new support program alienate the community it built on an objection to subscriber-only services?

Gordon Messmer on fosstodon:

CIQ built a community on an objection to subscriber-only services, only to build a new subscriber-only service. Will their community accuse them of betraying Open Source?

https://medium.com/@gordon.messmer/will-ciqs-new-support-program-alienate-the-community-it-built-on-an-objection-to-subscriber-only-fb58ea6a810e