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Companies are not your friend (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 6 months ago by alphacyberranger@sh.itjust.works to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev

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[-] waz@lemmy.world 7 points 6 months ago

Also, doesn't the jetbrains license let you continue to use the version that was the latest as of when your license ended. It's a small difference, but also kinda huge.

[-] ResoluteCatnap@lemmy.ml 6 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

It's the version from when you paid your annual subscription (or 12 monthly payments ago) plus any bugfixes.

So you buy 4.3.2 and you will always have access to 4.3.Z

2 months later they release 5.0.0. Your subscription let's you use 5.0.0. If you cancel your subscription then can go back to your perpetual version 4.3.Z

At least that's how it's supposed to work

[-] floofloof@lemmy.ca 1 points 6 months ago

At what point do I get to keep 5.0 instead?

[-] kieran@lemmy.zip 6 points 6 months ago

Assuming you keep paying, 12 months from its release if you pay monthly or you'll get a licence for whatever version is newest at the point you renew if you pay yearly

[-] RonSijm@programming.dev 5 points 6 months ago

No. I know this because a couple of times my license expired, and 30 days before it does you'll just get a little warning in the IDE - or in tools like Resharper. After that it just stops working.