Intellij is using those resources to provide very helpful features. And they do introduce performance improvements - e.g., downloading pre-existing indexes ins

Intellij is using those resources to provide very helpful features. And they do introduce performance improvements - e.g., downloading pre-existing indexes instead of having to index your entire JDK and Maven repo. https://www.jetbrains.com/help/idea/shared-indexes.html#shared-jdk-indexes https://www.jetbrains.com/help/idea/shared-indexes.html#shar...