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Or you can use Emacs for free. Subscription based pricing model is a joke.

• guitarbill 10y ago
  > Subscription based pricing model is a joke. Agreed. I mean I don't mind buying software I use often and professionally (e.g. Sublime). I guess the way to look at it is you're paying for bug-fixes and new features as a Service. Still leaves a bad taste in my mouth though. Sublime Text 3 + Anaconda [0] has enough features. And I never use a debugger. The reason being, if you can't debug it from logs in development, how are you going to debug it in production? [0] https://damnwidget.github.io/anaconda/ https://damnwidget.github.io/anaconda/
• brianwawok 10y ago
  PyCharm is good. Happy to subscribe for good programs. If I can write 1% better code with PyCharm it pays for itself in one week a year.
• Veratyr 10y ago
  It's not entirely subscription based. They have a "Perpetual Fallback License" for anyone who subscribes for more than a year ($89): https://sales.jetbrains.com/hc/en-gb/articles/207240845-What-is-perpetual-fallback-license- https://sales.jetbrains.com/hc/en-gb/articles/207240845-What... So you could say that you're "buying" the current version of the software as long as you buy yearly or subscribe for a year, they just don't say it that way.
  • guitarbill 10y ago
    Thanks for pointing this out, wasn't clear to me when I skimmed over the pricing. However, that page is also inaccurate as they've changed the versioning from v$X to $YYYY.$M [0]. I can't seem to figure out how long the "Perpetual Fallback License" will last without buying it and looking at my "account". All in all, it's really confusing :/ [0] https://blog.jetbrains.com/blog/2016/03/09/jetbrains-toolbox-release-and-versioning-changes/ https://blog.jetbrains.com/blog/2016/03/09/jetbrains-toolbox...
  • teilo 10y ago
    Not only that, but they deeply discount subscriptions if you are on for multiple years.