For what it's worth, I understand this concern. However, I want to emphasize that pyx is intentionally distinct from Astral's tools. From the announcement post:
> Beyond the product itself, pyx is also an instantiation of our strategy: our tools remain free, open source, and permissively licensed — forever. Nothing changes there. Instead, we'll offer paid, hosted services that represent the "natural next thing you need" when you're already using our tools: the Astral platform.
Basically, we're hoping to address this concern by building a separate sustainable commercial product rather than monetizing our open source tools.
> Beyond the product itself, pyx is also an instantiation of our strategy: our tools remain free, open source, and permissively licensed — forever. Nothing changes there. Instead, we'll offer paid, hosted services that represent the "natural next thing you need" when you're already using our tools: the Astral platform.
Basically, we're hoping to address this concern by building a separate sustainable commercial product rather than monetizing our open source tools.