And now everyone who is salty about it repeats: If you don't pay for it you are the product.
Tbh, their product is much better than the alternatives, especially for non English cases and we selfhost it anyway for aged now. Which works perfectly well and remains free and open - source.






No. It's a valid system - and it gives the companies incentives. Ask MS who payed 2.2 billion by now, 9.7 Billions from google,etc.
Both have changed decisions/adopted their eco system which they earlier claimed as "impossible to change". Same goes for apple,btw.
We just reached the first step of a ladder. But each step is at least double what it was before.