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Why feel bad about it though? If they're unable to innovate and they're stuck in their old ways, and they cannot find/advertise the benefits of either paths by using their products, why would it need to still be around? Isn't this the reason capitalism exist in the first place, the good get rewarded and the bad eventually fold?

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Both of these can be true.

I can feel bad about how things went for them, without thinking we are obligated to give them government bailout or something.

I don't necessarily feel bad about it, but I do feel sad about it.

I would not want all my bread to have come from wheat being milled on an old watermill, but I love visiting those as museums, and I think it would be bad if they were torn down.

I probably feel about the same for JetBrains. Plus, I have fond memories of using them.

Not everyone is a supporter of capitalism unconditionally and they did great for more than two decades.

I agree with what you are saying, but I'm not sure how much of if applies to JetBrains. They were on the beneficiary side of the same system that flipped their world around for the longest time. I don't feel that bad for them.

Sure, I'd lean more anarchist than anything else on the political spectrum, what exactly am I supposed to be upset/sad about here? Yes, they did great for two decades, so what? So did Blockbuster or Radioshack, but eventually the tides turn and the world changes, this is essentially what life is and always been.

Empathy?

Yeah, nah, I'm not sunken deep enough into the jaw of capitalism to feel fucking empathy for a corporation, sorry HN.

I feel bad for them because they seem like some of the better actors in the dev tool space. They make quality products and seem to care about users a lot.

I don’t know why I should feel less empathy for them “because capitalism.” Capitalism has a lot of innocent victims, and in the AI era, there’s no longer something new to move on to.

> I feel bad for them because they seem like some of the better actors in the dev tool space. They make quality products and seem to care about users a lot.

I dunno, they always seemed like rent-seekers to me, given they have subscriptions to use their tooling, instead of "Here, buy my tool and use it", that seems user-hostile to me if anything.

> Capitalism has a lot of innocent victims

Huh? Maybe I'm too "capitalism-averse" as I never really liked it, but "victims"? The system is setup so companies that earn more money "conquer" and take over the market and everyone else falls behind them and many companies fold because of this effect. But they're more like "losers" than "victims" as everyone is willingly participating in this system, they're not exactly innocent bystanders who were unrelated.

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