>You will lose a lot of potential customers, which can kill your product especially if you're a very small entity.
Subscriptions are working for Adobe. As much as I dislike subscriptions the writing is on the wall. I wouldn't create a new non-subscription product now.
A startup with few customers is not Adobe. Adobe has a virtual monopoly in its space with few alternatives, the above is yet another IDE in a space dominated by free products.
Subscriptions are working for Adobe. As much as I dislike subscriptions the writing is on the wall. I wouldn't create a new non-subscription product now.