Definitely. Their aim has always been to figure out ways to squeeze the software for money. It partially makes sense as they built the company and expenses firs

Definitely. Their aim has always been to figure out ways to squeeze the software for money. It partially makes sense as they built the company and expenses first and now have to monetise that. Yet nobody asked for it. With pfSense "plus" they published that they will only work on that paid product and mostly ignore the open source stuff, only do the essential requirements. It's essentially just a marketing gateway into their closed products. At that point you might as well buy any other mature closed product... there are many and from a closed source commercial product perspective they are all better than wat netgate produces, including commercial VyOS without a gui.