I paid for it. Because I want to support the developer. Same as I do with music.
Why nobody pays for Sublime?
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Re: Why nobody pays for Sublime?
#22Because I already got burned once paying for TextMate and having the development basically die. The same pattern seems to be happening with Sublime Text.
So I finally just started using Emacs instead. Setup my keybindings so they're Mac/Sublime Text like and wrote a little custom frame/window manager in elisp to make the application behave the way I want, and I'm free from having to worry about one of my core tools turning into abandonware.
Re: Why nobody pays for Sublime?
#23Im a casual coder and love the built in features, but never paid because I never identified as a full time developer. I always thought I would pay for it once I needed all the time, but that never happened.
Now I use Atom, not the same hot keys but good enough for a few docs a month.
Re: Why nobody pays for Sublime?
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#25why would i pay $70 when i can get 75% of the features for free (textmate, textwrangler)
Re: Why nobody pays for Sublime?
#26why would i pay $70 when i can get 75% of the features for free (textmate, textwrangler)
Depends how much you value the other features - if my professional time is worth $100k/year and sublime makes me more than 0.07% more efficient compared to using another editor than spending $70 yearly or less might make sense.
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#27I paid for it. It's incredibly useful and I use it every day, and since I expect to get paid for apps I release, why would someone else's work be different?
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#28I paid for Sublime Text 2. Still use it all the time. Worth the money.
The "why nobody pays for" line reminds me that at one point, a comedy site announced "first person pays for mIrc IRC client!" because really, who would pay for that program? And yet, if you looked at the occasional charity sessions the author held, it appears mIrc was pulling in $40K-$50K per month. Not going to attract VCs, but good coin.
Re: Why nobody pays for Sublime?
#29Honestly, I perceive the price as too high, even though I use it day in and day out.
The price is also above my imaginary software impulse buy level. If it were $19, I would have already impulse bought a copy.
If it turned into trialware that disabled features after a certain amount of time, I'd ditch it and use another editor. Lame, but I'm being honest.
Re: Why nobody pays for Sublime?
#30I paid for it because it's valuable and deserves payment. I get paid for doing work in which I use it. I want its maker to continue to thrive and sustain it (a wish, I admit, that has not panned out as expected; development on Sublime Text is incredibly slow). All ethical logic says I should pay and so I did. What makes you think that "nobody" pays for Sublime? Perhaps you mean, "I'm using this essential tool without…
Sublime text is purposefully "winrar free" (free to use but asks accepts payment for a license). I do agree that the developer has made a product of worth and I myself will be purchasing a license shortly to support him/her. However, it is not "morally" better to pay for the software or not as the developer has chosen to make it freely available to all with an internet connection.
Oh and to answer the original question (why do so many use sublime text without purchasing it), its because they don't want to spend the money and don't have to in order to use the editor