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by thawkins 3937 days ago
Languages dont change that fast, this is more about screwing more money out of the client base, dont try and pass it off as a benifit.

I just bought 2 more phpstorm corporate licences last week, for a trial to see if my two top guys like it, with a view to a departmental rollout. Now im going to have to unload that project as we could never justify a model like this. Where we would lose access to our tools if decide to cut back on the tools budget for a while or stretch it out a bit.
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s73v3r 3937 days ago
According to the post you replied to, if you decide to cut back on the tools budget, you could still continue using the version that was released on the last day of your subscription. You just wouldn't get updates.
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timv 3937 days ago
I believe you have misunderstood the grand-parent post.

the agreement is that you can use the software infinitely with the version that was available on the last day of the subscription term.

Is true for the old licensing model, but not the new model.

As far as I can tell (but JetBrains' attempts to spin this are making it hard to find a definitive statement) if you stop paying your monthly fee, you have to stop using the IDE.

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