[mistersquid]

Like sibling commenter, I'm right with you because I am dubious of Tower's pay-to-play subscription model.

Sublime Merge implements cash cow subscription (paid license works in perpetuity and grants updates for a specified time period). [0] This is more acceptable for those concerned about losing access to tools due to an expired license.

Cash cow licensing provides a good balance between the developer and user where the developer has strong incentive to actually improve the product and the user the power to decide if paying for an updated version is worth it.

With pay-to-pay, one's tools are effectively held hostage regardless of the value of available updates.

[0] https://medium.com/@drewmccormack/a-cash-cow-is-on-the-agend...