Comment by gregors

>>>> That's his decision to make and he doesn't owe anyone anything. If you want continued support, pay up.

Completely correct, and the users of Elm also don't owe him anything. They are free to hold their opinions and free to move away from Elm ...and they did.

In the end Elm will be remembered for being an extremely interesting technology but mainly failed in industry due to poor project/community relationship.

Sometimes interesting tech just isn't the right fit for business. C'est la vie.