How do you feel about JetBrains’ subscription pricing model?

Curious to hear what others think: How do you feel about JetBrains’ subscription pricing model?

I’ve been using IntelliJ and PyCharm for years, but lately I’ve been feeling a bit conflicted about the move to subscriptions for all products. Upfront, I get that maintaining top-tier IDEs takes ongoing resources, but the increasing yearly price is rough. Previously you could buy and “own” a version (and use it indefinitely), but now when the subscription runs out you pretty much lose access.

How are you all coping with this? Do you feel like you’re getting enough value out of the subscription, or do you think alternatives like VS Code with extensions can do the job for free/cheaper these days?

Would love to hear your opinions or workarounds you’ve found.