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The price still goes down every year, it's just at a higher price. (Not sure about your "high initial price" — was that a perpetual license?) Note that you can

The price still goes down every year, it's just at a higher price. (Not sure about your "high initial price" — was that a perpetual license?) Note that you can renew for 3 years at a time at the current pricing. And if you've been paying for it for a while, you can always use the perpetual fall-back license: https://sales.jetbrains.com/hc/en-gb/sections/201619995-Our-Licensing-Model-and-JetBrains-Toolbox https://sales.jetbrains.com/hc/en-gb/sections/201619995-Our-... If you're not using it, why pay for it?

nikolay 4y ago
I explained - I wanted to get the promised lifetime license. I've been paying since 2015, which became the typical bait and switch.
- t-writescode 4y ago
  You should still have a lifetime license for the version you most recently paid for. Is that not the case? E.g. if you bought the 2019 version, then, if you never pay another cent, in 2031, you still have a license for the 2019 version.
  - nikolay 4y ago
    That was not the original deal though. They changed their offering but did not grandfather us. No wonder - they are an Eastern European company, and such concepts don't exist there! Yeah, I can say that as I'm Eastern European myself.
    - t-writescode 4y ago
      I’ve had my Jetbrains account for about 8 years. It’s been that way as long as I’ve had it. When did you get yours? Edit: grammar
      - nikolay 4y ago
        There was a huge polemic here on HN when they announced the subscription model, so, they responded to it by offering something like an installment plan. But it was abandoned even if people like me bought into it.