Ask HN: How many of you have paid for sublime text?

If it's used for commercial reasons / business then it should be paid for per the developer's current licensing structure and should be overall a small expense for people that use it constantly. I think people can't get past the "I'm paying $70 for a text editor" idea when so many code editors / IDEs have often been free, but that's a poor excuse the brain tries to make. Just as a developer that uses Sublime should be paid for their work- the developer of Sublime deserves the same.

I have moved to VSCode for the time being (after trying Atom and others), since for me, my use of Sublime is commercial but on a very rare/hobbyist basis. It bothered me ethically to continue using it without paying for a license, once I had commercial uses for it. So, it makes more sense economically for me to use something free like VSCode for now.

Hell yeah it immediately was a clear timesaver for my business. I've never paid for a software faster. I develop on Linux, Mac, and Windows and it really is incredible on all three. Sublime Text really understands the UX of its target audience, which is rare, and inspiring. Good UX should be regardless of platform.

After using it off and on for several years, I ended up paying for it. I hardly regret it; it's a drop in the bucket for the number of times it's helped me.

> is $70 for a productivity tool you use for most of the day, every day, "pretty steep"?

Yes it is. I am not from US. Its a lot of money to pay for an editor/IDE.

I happily paid the license about a year ago. Love the software.