&gt; But it isn&#x27;t unless you purchase the bundle with every application<p>The initial buy-in is cheaper for many products than it was previously, so for <i>new</i> developers they have to have some ability to retain people to even break even with subscription licensing.<p>The annual subscription seems to be more expensive than the current per-upgrade add-on price for most products, though. And, of course, there are some, like WebStorm, where the annual subscription price is more even the new-purchase price under the old model.<p>So, its kind of a mixed bag.