A lot of people really didn't like the fact they were going from having a perpetual license to having a subscription. The reality is, the way it worked out is b

A lot of people really didn't like the fact they were going from having a perpetual license to having a subscription. The reality is, the way it worked out is basically the same as before but I could pay monthly. Since I paid for my own license instead of allowing an employer to buy it (so I could get IntelliJ for all languages instead of getting a language specific version) that was nicer.