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Why nobody pays for Sublime?
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Re: Why nobody pays for Sublime?
#42Software developers are such a bunch of minging cheapskates. Giving the potential for high earnings it is a wonder why so many developers are so stingy. Paying $5000 - $10000 for a set of tools which their living depends on seems to be so much why? How much do builders, cab drivers for instance, pay for their tools? Why does a group of people who consider themselves to be a profession have so much problem paying for…
It might be the same for other professions if the tools were able to be obtained without payment. You'd think that people who make their living producing software that must be paid for to pay them that they wouldn't begrudge someone who makes their professional life all that much easier. (I paid for Sublime Text)
Re: Why nobody pays for Sublime?
#43If they collect stats on this (and I'm sure they do!) the data will be skewed. I've purchased it twice over the last few years and feel entitled to download the free version everytime because I'll be on a new/formatted computer. It's just faster, but I've still technically paid.
Re: Why nobody pays for Sublime?
#44I paid for it because I've found it superior than all the other text editors I've used (those that are comparable e.g. Atom / MS Code just seemed to steal all it's ideas). Plus it's a business expense so you save on the taxes.
It's:
* Cross-platform
* A small scale team
* One license and I can install it on all my machines
* Excellent plugins [1]
* Fast
* Low memory usage / leaks
* Lovely UI - tabs, distraction free, removal of dividers, scroll bars, text rendering
* Great syntax highlighting (I'm a solarized fan and it's implemented very faithfully)
* Originator of some very good and well implemented ideas (AFAIK) - Crtl+Shift+P, Distraction Free, Document Map
* F12 to go to the definition of the function / method
Re: Why nobody pays for Sublime?
#45Please could someone correct the grammar in the question?
Re: Why nobody pays for Sublime?
#46Because apart from the popup you eventually unconsciously dismiss every x number of saves, there's no reason to pay up. I've been using it for 4 years unpaid, sublime has helped me get my first home. If I was forced to tomorrow because I could no longer use it I'd pay for it immediately, but right now there's nothing pushing me to part with my cash.
I would like to hire you for your honesty
Re: Why nobody pays for Sublime?
#47Honestly, 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.
I bought it because I use it. Every. Single. Day. So, almost any price is worth a tool that is used constantly and delivers untold benefit. It might not be the same for you; you might not get as much value out of it as I do. But if its something you truly use "day in and day out" how can you not purchase it? It just makes good sense.
Listen, good tools are hard to come by and supporting those tools helps to ensure that they are there when you need them. Not supporting something that helps you make money endangers your ability to continue to make money. That's my $.02