![]() In many ways, this makes me think of my most recent Microsoft Office purchase. It all seems to depend on what each individual user actually uses and how he or she uses it. I was going to summarize some of the pros and cons of this announcement, but Daniel Yankowsky has done such a good job of this that I'll simply reference his post How JetBrains Lost Years of Customer Loyalty in Just a Few Hours.Īfter reading these posts, it is clear that the change announced by JetBrains would benefit some consumers but might cost other consumers more and, in some cases, quite a bit more. There are also Java subreddit threads JetBrains switches to subscription model for tools (101 comments currently) and Are you sticking with IntelliJ IDEA or you are moving on to another IDE? (180 comments currently). The feedback comments on both the original announcement post and on the follow-up post are good places to start. There are several places to see the reaction, positive and negative, to this announcement. Your comments, questions and concerns are not falling on deaf ears. We want you to rest assured that we are listening. ![]() ![]() The feedback has been fast and furious and JetBrains has responded with a very brief follow-up post We are listening that is entirely reproduced in this quote: "We announced a new subscription licensing model and JetBrains Toolbox yesterday. I've been watching with some interest the discussion surrounding this past week's announcement that JetBrains is moving to an Adobe-like and Microsoft Office-like software subscription licensing model.
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