- You can keep your editor with Jetbrains even after the license expires, you just don't get updates.
- They never force you into updates.
- Many of my LaTeX files from 20 years ago don't work anymore unless I go back and go use old versions.
- Your IDE does not modify your source code so your source code stays in an interpretable format.
I agree that you loose the ability to modify and adapt your editor (beyond plugins but that's still pretty limited compared to what you can do with emacs for example)
Using an editor doesn't force you to stay in a relation for life. if Jetbrains turns into a cash cow, I can go use any editor I want. Outside of muscle memory and preference, I have 0 dependency on them.
I agree that you loose the ability to modify and adapt your editor (beyond plugins but that's still pretty limited compared to what you can do with emacs for example)
Using an editor doesn't force you to stay in a relation for life. if Jetbrains turns into a cash cow, I can go use any editor I want. Outside of muscle memory and preference, I have 0 dependency on them.