[trotFunky]

I haven't given it much thought, but I like Jetbrain's compromise[0]. You pay a subscription to get all the updates, but you get to keep a perpetual license to any specific version (major+minor, you still receive bugfixes) if it has been covered by your subscription for 12 months or more.

This way you can choose to receive updates indefinitely and support development with your subscription, or buy/stay with a version you are using if you do not need/want the newer ones. (Buying an annual subscription grants you the perpetual licence immediately apparently, I have no experience with this.)

[0] : https://sales.jetbrains.com/hc/en-gb/articles/207240845-What...

[Xavdidtheshadow]

Agreed! I think that's a great model. Panic did the same thing recently: https://nova.app/buy/