[urig]

Disappointing that the maintainers need to make a living (or, godforbid, even a profit) and that users can't get everything for free? Nope.

[kuschku]

"get" "for free"? Where do users expect to "get" something for free? In fact, users are offering something "for free".

[ericb]

A company went to the free weekly picnic and offered to chop-down the tree that provided the shade everyone was eating under "for free" so they could build themselves a picnic table, because they didn't feel like paying for a chair or settling for the free blanket.

[mariocesar]

A contributor offered the feature for free, the maintainers don't want it to be free. It's expected because is a business.

It's disappointing because it's a problem with no clear winners. It's difficult to solve it for all.

I was not trying to be contentious, just observing that open core is difficult to do it right for all parts involved.

Things will align themselves, probably a fork, users moving to alternatives, or something else.