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		Cthulhu_ on Jan 29, 2025 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: I still like Sublime Text I think a big hit for ST's popularity - next to the rise of Atom and VS Code - was its upgrade from version 3 to 4; are you considering to do that again or, if funds are required, do a different way to raise money?

ben-schaaf on Jan 29, 2025 [–]

With the new licensing model we no longer need to hold back changes and do major releases. Avoiding the big pause in updates was partly why it was changed.

james_in_the_uk on Jan 29, 2025 | [–]

It makes sense. As a mostly casual user I couldn’t justify the new model so have kept the previous version, which still works for my needs.

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