I wonder if there is some way to use these maliciously that makes offering a free tier undesirable. Five dollars seems like an artificial barrier. It’s basicall

I wonder if there is some way to use these maliciously that makes offering a free tier undesirable. Five dollars seems like an artificial barrier. It’s basically free, but requires you to put some money down, and get your finances on record. I agree, developers in general will adopt faster if it’s free, or if there is a reasonable trial period, but in this case I am wondering if there’s more to this.