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Re:Subscription Hell by kittiepryde on Sunday May 06, 2018 @06:14PM (#17008912)
So, is what they are doing worse than what most subscription models do (lose complete access)?

I've been using them for awhile and I felt they were really up front about what they were doing, but I don't know if they've always been as transparent.

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Re:Subscription Hell by sireat on Monday May 07, 2018 @07:49AM (#17011989)
Jetbrains actually wanted to cut off access completely at first.

Initially JetBrains didn't even want to offer rollback licenses when they went to subscription only model a few years ago.

There was a big uproar among programmer communities (including here on HN) and after few weeks of deliberation a compromise of sorts was reached.

Despite offering a nice product line, JetBrains did lose a bunch of goodwill including mine. But goodwill does not pay the bills.

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Re:Subscription Hell by rolleiflex on Sunday May 06, 2018 @07:12PM (#17009180)
It's definitely better than that. But it's still not good. This is all my personal opinion though, I already voted with my wallet by not buying their products any more.
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