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If all this is really what you believe rather than just being argumentative then how can you use any product. Usage and market share statistics are just as usef

• wpietri 7y ago
  Jetbrains shows no signs of wanting to be a monopoly player in development tools. I've been a customer a long time, and I think they've done a great job of balancing making money with doing solid work and serving their customers. Microsoft, on the other hand, has a long history of willful domination and exploitation, and they've specifically done that with free products to kneecap competitors.
  • meheleventyone 7y ago
    Ahh, so we get to it. You just don’t like MS. I think that’s a valid reason not to use their products.
    • wpietri 7y ago
      No, I like competitive marketplaces, as they're one of the core engines of capitalism. I deeply dislike willful monopolies and oligopolies in general, because their goal is to break that engine in ways that harm consumers and often society. Microsoft themselves I can take or leave now that they've been mostly defanged. I also really like having good developer tools. Many of them come out of community-driven open source. But some of them cost money. And for those, I very much want there to be a competitive marketplace, so there are strong incentives for all players to keep improving.