This would be a great compromise, but I suspect that part of moving to the subscription model would be to do away with &quot;one major version release per year&quot; entirely and put out more frequent releases.<p>It&#x27;s a tough position for Jetbrains.  I&#x27;ve got a lot of sympathy, the annual release + purchase model is very limiting - but changing to a subscription model comes with its own problems that you can&#x27;t just brush under the rug by offering a promotional price and talking about flexibility.