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I initially scoffed at your comment, but I played it out in my head. "We changed this because we aim in the next few years to shift to a subscription-based mode

I initially scoffed at your comment, but I played it out in my head. "We changed this because we aim in the next few years to shift to a subscription-based model, and this is the first step required in the transition" really does sound a lot less condescending and makes sense.

nabla9 7y ago
What shift? It's my understanding that Qt had subscription based model for a long time. Commercial Licenses are sold for time and developer seat.
- TheAdamAndChe 7y ago
  That quote was just as an example. I don't really know what the business reasoning behind this change is.