We envision Zed as a free-to-use editor, supplemented by subscription-based, optional network features, such as:
Channels and calls Chat Channel notes We plan to allow offer our collaboration features to open source teams, free of charge.
e.g. vscode uses network features to make people use the non fully open source version instead of codium (and it's otherwise subventioned by MS to reach the part of the editor/programmer market visual studio can't reach but IMHO if it wouldn't be that is also how they would bring in the money)