I'm trying to pay an amount that makes sense though. It is like the olden days, where piracy of Photoshop didn't put a dent in Adobe. They got free advertising

I'm trying to pay an amount that makes sense though. It is like the olden days, where piracy of Photoshop didn't put a dent in Adobe. They got free advertising and everyone grew up learning their product. But since you could get the "best" tool for free that meant you wouldn't pay for a cheap alternative (that actually had you as their target group), completely killing an entire section of applications - they were the true victims of piracy. I feel like that is happening with these kinds of tools. Slack et al do have free options that are completely obliterating the hope to target businesses that don't need as much. 99.9% of all the features you are paying for is pure bloat. It costs money to develop and I get that, but then I don't want it either.