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Sep 19, 2015 - The perpetual fallback license is described by JetBrains as providing a “specific version of software without [requiring] an active subscription. On the purchase date anniversary (06 Nov 2020), you'll have the choice to renew your annual subscription at a discount of 40% on public prices, or continue using your perpetual license without technical support for free with the most recent JArchitect version available on 06 Nov 2019.
I hope this isn't the case. The last time I purchased ReSharper it was a one off payment. IIRC you got a year of upgrades included but if you wanted the newer versions after that then you needed to keep paying a subscription renewal fee. However, it wouldn't stop working after that time. You still kept what you paid for.I just had a quick glance at the ReSharper page [0] and it appears that they still use the same model. They also offer monthly subscriptions but say that '12 months of uninterrupted subscription payments qualify you for receiving a perpetual fallback license.'. BTW the cookie law notice on that page is one of the best I've seen :).
I've used pretty much every version of Visual Studio and 2015 is the first to have issues with licensing. I originally signed in with my MSDN account to activate it (fair enough) and then signed out. Now it tells me that my license has 'gone stale' and I can't use it until I sign in again. There is an option to enter a product key but MSDN tells me:
My old versions of VS are still licensed with a key and work fine. It makes me worry whether I will still be able to use VS 2015 when my subscription expires. Maybe it's worth exploring the free community versions. I believe that they no longer have the limitations on plugins that they use to have. I don't mind paying for things but the time and cognitive overhead dwarfs the financial cost.
[0] https://www.jetbrains.com/resharper/buy
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