I tried Kite and didn't even keep using the free trial or whatever the free tier was at the time. I don't think the issue is that developers won't pay for tools

I tried Kite and didn't even keep using the free trial or whatever the free tier was at the time. I don't think the issue is that developers won't pay for tools. Companies like Jetbrains are incredibly successful selling tools to developers. The issue for Kite is that Kite wasn't worth paying for.