I completely agree with what you say. Sublime is awesome and I don't mind paying money for closed-source software. What I do mind is, that the development seems to have stopped, and being closed-source nobody can move it forward but the original maintainer.
It once again brings attention to the most important "bus factor" [0]
It once again brings attention to the most important "bus factor" [0]
[0] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bus_factor