this post was submitted on 01 Sep 2023
12 points (83.3% liked)

.NET

1484 readers
6 users here now

Getting started

Useful resources

IDEs and code editors

Tools

Rules

Related communities

Wikipedia pages

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
erlingur@programming.dev
starman@programming.dev
Spyros@programming.dev
12
JetBrains are offering 65% off Rider until 4th September (lp.jetbrains.com)
submitted 1 year ago by StudioLE@programming.dev to c/dotnet@programming.dev
7 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

Following the announcement of Visual Studio for Mac’s retirement, for the next 65 hours we are offering a 65% discount on new subscriptions for Rider, the only cross-platform .NET IDE.

The offer is valid for a new one-year personal subscription purchased before 6:00 am UTC, September 4, 2023.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] Whirlybird@aussie.zone 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Do they not offer a simple purchase option, only subscriptions?

[–] StudioLE@programming.dev 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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.

[–] winky88@startrek.website 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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.

[–] Whirlybird@aussie.zone -2 points 1 year ago

Sure, but visual studio offers a standalone purchase option and Jetbrains should too.