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I don't have a problem with them getting paid for a tool. It isn't the 3k a year. 

But for developer tools, if they aren't open source they just don't make sense for me.
There is always some deal breaking feature that I need to have.
I need to be assured that when I run into a bug I can open it up and figure it out.

I'd wager you won't feel the same after a decade or two of experience.

I'm not sure why I would prefer closed source tools.

Yeah I might make a closed source tool eventually for the money but why would it be better.

My comment was more about checking in years later to see how often you actually needed to crack open the code on a tool complex enough to warrant  paying for. In my experience, I've needed to do so _very_ rarely.

Keep in mind that once you edit the code you've got your own personal version - so it's up to you to manually manage any new updates from the original source, re-test or re-implement your modifications, etc.