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I've abandoned some of my favorite tools and libraries because they went to a subscription format.

A license for a major version number? And then buy a new license for the next major bump up?

Okay fine.

But a never-ending fire hose of money coming out of my bank account is big nope. I have enough small monthly recurring charges, thanks.

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I'm a huge fan of SublimeText the editor, but not a huge fan of SublimeText the company behind it. The balancing act they did was sell licenses that are good for an entire major version (eg SublimeText 2, 3, etc.) that never expire. I'm comfortable enough to pay $50 for a good IDE major version even though I dislike the company's development direction (eg, I'm probably not going to buy SublimeText 4 because of the plugin chaos).

EDIT: "Sublime Text license keys are no longer tied to a single major version, instead they are now valid for all updates within 3 years of purchase" - looks like I'm a pirate then.

> looks like I'm a pirate then.

Why? This is an altogether better arrangement unless they take over 3 years to release the next major version.

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