This seems like a wonderful deal, right? Wonderful, yes. But I see many more "it's 5%, not free" comments than "OMG 5% is soooo expensive." These engines are

This seems like a wonderful deal, right? Wonderful, yes. But I see many more "it's 5%, not free" comments than "OMG 5% is soooo expensive." These engines are not free, you just don't pay up front. It's a great success of their marketing that news websites and internet commenters are willing to go to bat for the idea they're "free," when they're so very obviously not. If you use the product for it's intended purpose, you're paying. If they weren't going to make much money off of you in the first place, there is a free trial to get you using their platform.