[Philip-J-Fry]

It seems they've finally come to the realisation they're gonna have to start paying people to use their software.

[Gametroleum]

Humor aside. It is great that they charge money, sometimes big money for their products & services, instead maybe running ads?

[chii]

it's because these products aren't consumer products - they are business products. You often won't find business products run off ads, because business products have a value proposition which is positive, and thus the business would pay for it.

[fdfaz]

I can block ads with ublock origin, I can't block credit card charges from my bank account - well I can but then I can't use the service any longer.

[drcongo]

They'd need to pay me more than that.