I believe you have misunderstood the grand-parent post.<p><i>the agreement is that you can use the software infinitely with the version that was available on the last day of the subscription term.</i><p>Is true for the <i>old</i> licensing model, but not the new model.<p>As far as I can tell (but JetBrains&#x27; attempts to spin this are making it hard to find a definitive statement) if you stop paying your monthly fee, you have to stop using the IDE.