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by ezst 334 days ago
As I understand it, in the new scheme, ultimate subscription is essentially about turning on proprietary addons for as long as the subscription lasts. That uncouples the features from a specific build and release carrying them.

How does this bode with the older promise that "you forever own what you paid for", which was distinctive (and appreciated) of the old scheme? Can you still choose to keep your addons with an ancient version of the IDE?
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kosher88 334 days ago
Yes, perpetual fallback license still works as before, giving you access to the last major version available at the time your most recent uninterrupted year of subscription began. With the unified distribution, this means you can activate subscription (paid addons) in older versions that match your fallback license.
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ezst 332 days ago
Interesting! How is it going to work between IDE version and addons compat? At one point those constantly updating addons will become incompatible with older IDEs?
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