Rider is great, it's 100% worth the money.
Switched over to it this year from VS, it's so good in comparison. There's some things that aren't as nice (the CPU/memory graphs in VS are actually nice and handy). But overall, an upgrade.
this post was submitted on 01 Sep 2023
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I'm happy enough with VS on Windows, but I just dug up an old laptop of mine, replaced its bad hard drive, and installed Pop! OS on it, so this discount comes at a great time.
My subscription expires in two days so this has worked out rather well for me.
Do they not offer a simple purchase option, only subscriptions?
Yes, included in the 12 month license is the entitlement to that version forever.
12 months of uninterrupted subscription payments qualify you for receiving a perpetual fallback license.
https://sales.jetbrains.com/hc/en-gb/articles/207240845-What-is-perpetual-fallback-license-
Also worth noting that unlike every other subscription service they reward loyalty with large discounts on renewing annually.
IDEs need to be constantly updated to keep up with language / framework changes. Your subscription pays for that continued work.
If you really want, you can buy the 1 year and cancel after it's up - you get a perpetual license for the version you're on at the time it expires, but I really don't get why that would be a good thing.
Sure, but visual studio offers a standalone purchase option and Jetbrains should too.