> Are they really late? Has everyone started using agents and paying $200 subscriptions?
If you rephrase the question as "Are most engineers already using AI?" -- because it transcends the specific modality (agents vs chat vs autocomplete) and $200 subscriptions (because so many tools are available for free) -- signs point to "yes."
Adoption seems to be all the way upto 85% - 90% in 2025, but there is a lot of variance in the frequency of use: