![]() Currently, I feel pretty confident in knowing that if a language change is made, the PhpStorm developers will update the IDE to support it and I'll be able to download the new version at no extra cost (assuming it was released during the year following the day I purchased the perpetual license). Throughout the year, I'm aware many RFCs are created for the PHP language which may or may not be accepted and be incorporated into the language. I currently have a perpetual license for PhpStorm. I'm not sure I really follow this bit, would you mind clarifying? In this case, with a perpetual licensing model you're simply left with a license that you don't use anymore, and you're buying a new license to another IDE. > On the other hand, as languages and frameworks change, they will not necessarily be supported by your current IDE. Anything less would be an admission that, better or not, you're forcing these changes on us without any concern for what we want. Offer the old model alongside this one and see which one we customers find to be more useful. You talk a lot in the blog post about how great this new licensing model is for us - if you're serious about any of that, give us a real choice. If this licensing/pricing change goes through as-is, I will not recommend Jetbrains products any more. I like your products and recommend them to other developers. Grandfathering in existing users might seem like a good way to appease us, but we aren't stupid. Judging by the other responses here, I'm not alone in that. Along with the price hike, you're actually delivering a less useful product as well - renting software is not worth as much to me as buying a perpetual license. Overall, this is a fairly hefty price hike with "reasonable" prices grandfathered in for current customers. Please stop presenting this as as something you can use "if you like it" - you're completely discontinuing the old license model and only offering rental of your products starting in November. "Take it or leave it" is not a choice, it's an ultimatum. I'm somewhat surprised and disappointed to see JetBrains forcing everyone down this path once their existing licenses have expired. Developers who prefer the previous model can opt to continue renewing annually to receive support and updates. I'd have no problem with this pricing approach if it was available alongside the existing system - so developers who use many different languages can use the subscription service if they feel it offers better value for them. I'm also interested to see if IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate will continue to offer the other language plugins (PHP, Python etc) that allows it to do what the other IDEs do under this pricing model. Personally this makes me feel like I don't 'own' the software anymore - instead, I'm just renting it. ![]() If I'm understanding correctly, there's no option not to upgrade and continue using an old version of the product under the new model - the instant you stop paying, the product can no longer be used (after the month has finished). ![]() If I don't renew, I don't get support and I can't use the new features in the new version - but I can still use the software I purchased in the state it was in. One of the things I liked about the previous model was that I could continue using an older version of the software, assuming it met my needs and evaluate future planned features and future versions before deciding to purchase an upgrade or new license. ![]()
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