As far as I know, Jetbrains, HashiCorp, SublimeText etc. has not yet gone bankrupt.
When a product(or service) generate real value, people will happily hand over their money. The only people having issues with giving away something free are mostly generating negative value overall in my experience, hence they need dark patterns.
When a product(or service) generate real value, people will happily hand over their money. The only people having issues with giving away something free are mostly generating negative value overall in my experience, hence they need dark patterns.