If anyone at JetBrains is reading this, consider Substance Live&#x27;s model for a way to collect subscriptions without making it shitty for customers or potential customers.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.allegorithmic.com&#x2F;products&#x2F;substance-live&#x2F;monthly-payments" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.allegorithmic.com&#x2F;products&#x2F;substance-live&#x2F;monthl...</a><p>The major software packages in architecture&#x2F;design (Autodesk + Adobe) that have gone subscription only come across as greedy money grabs, where the incremental yearly upgrades are no longer worth paying for, so they&#x27;ve just pulled out the licensing and force you to buy it anyway.<p>Allegorithmic&#x27;s model is more fair to customers in that if new releases don&#x27;t add anything worth paying for, they&#x27;re not obligated to pay for it. And it keeps the lowered barrier to entry where anybody can pick it up for a month at an affordable price.<p>Best of both worlds, IMO. Unless the plan is to squeeze people monthly without having to make product improvements.