woodinblack:
As far as I can see it would seem that for anyone who know enough to be aware of the limitations of the IDE, it would be trivial to find a replacement for it in less than a minute on the web so where is the issue?
It is not all that easy to setup a working environment (build upload hardware). If it were easy Arduino would not be the success it is. The Arduino core team spend time and energy to make it simple and easy. I think they made the right decision.
The fact that it is trivial to find a replacement is only true because people like me have spend their own time, energy and money in making these alternatives. All of the alternatives took at least several months of dedicated intensive work to develop. Then there was writing documentation and giving support.
About a year ago setting up an alternative could have cost you days of work to come to a solution which was not half as good as what you get now in minutes.
Think about this when you are trying to ignore a donation request 8)
best regards
jantje