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by aryehof 1279 days ago
Rather than the purchase of a “one year older version” I think of Jetbrains as the following (if paying annually) …

Purchase and own the latest version of the product. Get to use (not own) new features and updates for the next year. At the end of the year, optionally repeat the above, albeit at a price discount.

Your paying for the product each year and cleverly incentivized to do so.