Jetbrains is only kind of a subscription. If you end your subscription, you retain permanent access to whatever version was current when you last paid. That doesn't seem drastically different from how software worked before and their prices are pretty reasonable for an IDE.

You mentioned Jetbrains but not worse actors like Adobe, or Microsoft. Seems disingenuous.

The OP has probably managed to eliminate Adobe and MS from their lives, so they didn't come to mind.

Jetbrains can be used without a subscription, unless if you want the most recent software updates.

It does seem like a disingenuous comparison. I feel like JetBrains has a pretty fair revenue model.

Our water rates include a supply charge, a disposal charge, and a usage charge. Only the last one is dependent on the volume of water consumed.

So in a way, we already pay a subscription charge for flushing the toilet.

>none of these need to be subscription based

But I use Jetbrain's software everyday so it makes sense that I should pay them for everyday that I get value out of it. They also are continuely releasing updates for free.

You use your car every day too...