[Lutger]

A negative response would be ridiculous, as is the clickbait title, and I don't think losing those users will actually be a great loss.

LibreOffice is free as in beer. Not only the source, but also the binaries, and also for MacOs, are distributed for free. You can just go to the download page and grab it.

The only thing thats being charged is going through the App Store. If this really 'backfires' as some people seem to suggest, I think the project is better off just abandoning the App Store.