Price point on the personal account is too high over time. Would expect this to be a one time payment rather than a monthly fee for this type of software.
Now saying it should be just cheaper in general, or perhaps more tiers, sure.
1. Due to demands from marketing/sales, the supplier tends to increase versions for what is actually a minor feature, just to justify a new payment.
2. A subscription process is the most honest way of selling software. Jetbrains is a good example of this, where you get to keep your "fallback" version when you stop the subscription.
3. You often have to wait a long time for the next release, if you don't want to register in an "early access" program with versions that break constantly (basically providing free test resources).
4. You need to justify the new version to your boss, so that you can get it covered and start the approval process higher up in the hierarchy.
5. Approval processes in large Enterprises are often complex and time consuming. This not only applies to approving the payment, but often need to involve central IT. With a subscription model, this is only done once.
2. JetBrains charges me $12 a month ($149 annually) for its entire suite of software. You think this tool by itself is worth $120 a year? For a personal license?
3. Developer's problem, not mine.
4. This is not an issue everywhere. You work with penny-pinching mongoloids.
5. This is not an issue everywhere. You work with penny-pinching mongoloids.
Also you
>You think this tool by itself is worth $120 a year? For a personal license?
Have you considered this is not an issue everywhere?
trying to trick people into giving you money forever is a paradigm shift that really needs to be rethunk.
Asking me, the end-user, to commit to $14 a month in perpetuity for this type of software is a big stretch in my opinion. I understand it for the Team tier, but for the personal tier, it doesn't make sense. $5 a month? Maybe.
Maybe it's not for a user like me, who would probably use it twice a month, if that. But I was interested in checking it out but got immediately priced out. For a startup, it seems like an ill conceived practice.
But what do I know? I've only been using and paying for software for 30 years or so.