I'm unaware of how they added it. Was there controversy around it?

Yes, initially it was a pain to disable, a big no-no for many customers.

https://devclass.com/2024/03/11/jetbrains-bows-to-user-press...

Thanks for linking it. Obviously not a great approach.

I'd still look at Jetbrains more favorably than most other tech companies. Clearly not perfect by any means. To be fair to them, they seemed to listen to the feedback and provided it as a separate plugin.