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Amazon Prime is a subscription though. It seems Amazon and VMware are in many ways similar in that regard.

• mynameisvlad 3y ago
  Just because the two both use subscriptions doesn’t mean their business models are in any way similar. JetBrains, for instance, also does subscriptions. They are generally lauded as doing them right. I would never compare JB to Amazon or VMWare just because they both do subscriptions.
  • sangnoir 3y ago
    To be fair, JetBrains did attempt to get rid of perpetual licenses too at one point, the plan they backed away from - after massive blowback - was to brick customers' IDEs as soon subscriptions lapsed.
    • chii 3y ago
      And the reason the backlash worked is because there are at least viable alternatives to intellij (at worst you go back to eclipse, or switch to vscode or any number of other lesser known IDEs). Therefore jetbrain cannot afford to alienate their customer base. Unlike vmware or adobe.