Re:Ask HN: Anyone tired of everything being a subscription now?
by edude03 on Sunday December 18, 2022 @07:47PM
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Yep this. I don't mind paying a subscription as long as the vendor can't hold my data hostage. An IDE for example - I won't lose my source code if the company goes out of business but something like figma? Roam? I find those types of SaaS really hard to have faith in
Re:Ask HN: Anyone tired of everything being a subscription now?
by thot_experiment on Sunday December 18, 2022 @10:02PM
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They're one of the only companies that seem to have a pro-consumer, or at least balanced implementation of SaaS. I'm not familiar with the specifics, but if I can install the older versions I already paid for, sgtm. I don't have a use for IntelliJ but if I did I would almost certainly pay.
The progress is real and if you stop paying, you lose the ability to upgrade your IDE, but the older versions still work.