Starting from zero, their pricing is lower over a set number of year. They got rid of the initial &quot;hump&quot; and in turn made the annual amount higher. I didn&#x27;t look too closely but I guess the cost evens out over a 3-4 year subscription span. For a business this is actually going to simplify accounting I would think. It&#x27;s no longer a cap-ex with a maintenance fee, it&#x27;s just rental so all pre-tax.<p>My guess is that overall their spreadsheeting makes this even out based on how customers have been paying.<p>The fringe bits (loss of permanence, ability to install a home copy) will disproportionately hurt solo&#x2F;small business folks and hobbyists. The very people that have been their champion getting their software into enterprise dev teams.<p>I don&#x27;t understand why they don&#x27;t go to the rental model with optional one-time permanent license add-on.<p>So like hypothetically 100$&#x2F;year rental and a 100$ supplement for permanent license. Basically option into the current deal. They can even make the sum total greater then it used to be. Like 120$&#x2F;year rental + 100$ permanent license supplement.