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In the previous thread on the announcement I expressed some concerns (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10165919 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1016591
by hoopism 11y ago
In the previous thread on the announcement I expressed some concerns (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10165919 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10165919). An employee responded:
"I see this is turning into a conspiracy theory )
Fortunately, there's a little thing called competition that prevents raising rates at will without facing the consequences, and JetBrains is no exception: we're no monopoly"
So the message first was "We did this for YOU!" and then quickly became "Hey! You can always go elsewhere..."
Doesn't sound like something they did for my benefit.
- Latty 11y agoThat's misinterpreting the response - he was saying that they were not going to jack up prices arbitrarily. 'You can always go elsewhere' vs 'We aren't aiming to screw you over - you can always go elsewhere.' - there is a big difference.
- hoopism 11y agoFair enough. Both of those interpretations are a very different message from "Look at the nice thing we did for you"... which was my point.
- toyg 11y agoA lot of JetBrains employees speak English as a second language, and can come off a bit too harsh and direct at times, so you have to give them some leeway when trying to read between the lines. Just... never trust a business that says "we're doing this for you, beloved customers". They are not. Even if they did it to make you happy, it would simply mean they profit from your happiness in some way. A business does things to make a profit and expand, nothing else. JetBrains are doing this because they feel they have to, likely because of cashflow constraints; everything else is just corporate doublespeak.