Posted by kretaceous 3 days ago
first year - $289.00 (+$116)
second year - $231.00 (+$58)
third year onwards - $173.00
you're locked in because of an extra $116 the first year and $58 the second year?
https://www.jetbrains.com/store/?section=personal&billing=ye...
Whenever you don't renew you get whatever version was out when you last renewed in perpetuity which is great. But if you decide you don't want it this year, but in two years you do, now you're back at the $289 price. Though if you pay $289 every other year you're still coming out ahead compared to an annual subscription so I don't know what the issue is.
You can choose to pay every 3 or 4 years rather than yearly if you don't want to be locked in, but it will come out as a similar cost overall
ie. How many devs will really use it in it's "free" state as titled? Fewer and fewer I suspect.
I'm sceptical about the prevalence of non-AI-centred-IDEs going forward - we live in a new era now - and I guess JetBrains have also come to that conclusion and this is a pivot to support the thesis.