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Comment by rgoulter | Hacker News Reader

> I do like the new model

I'm only aware of JetBrains doing this. Are you aware of other examples?

In the Mac universe, there are several:

  - Eastgate's Tinderbox
  - Zengobi's Curio
  - Momenta's Agenda
  - I think Bear app does this too.

In the case of Eastgate, a subscription is about $90/year, and well worth supporting a great tool and cool developer.

As I've said, I'll happily spend money for good tools, but I want to use said tools if my subscription expires.

Sketch does this, I believe

Sketch no longer offers a perpetual license. They have moved to a subscription model.

Here are some other desktop apps where the software does not expire. (Updates or upgrades can be paid for new features).

- Affinity apps: Designer, Photo, Publisher

- Sublime text

- Fontlab (Lifetime license, type design app)

- Glyphs (Mac-only, type design app)

WordPress plugins.