I’d pay for jetbrains if it wasn’t paid by my employer. And thinking about moving to paid alternatives of gmail and dropbox. That’s it. I don’t understand why

I’d pay for jetbrains if it wasn’t paid by my employer. And thinking about moving to paid alternatives of gmail and dropbox. That’s it. I don’t understand why people pay for news media when you can find same news but even less biased for free everywhere. And all “added value” of media is nothing but snake oil, that they spend millions trying to market and confuse your common sense. Also I don’t understand why people pay for blogs or newsletters that were made with tge goal of making money of you. Virtually all real niche experts I know either share knowledge for free or don’t share at all. And most of the general wisdom and knowledge you can get is already there in public domain sources.