Monthly update and paid feature plan

[izhangzhihao]

Hi, all paid users,

Firstly, thanks for your support! That means a lot to me. And for those who contributed to this project before by OpenCollective or code or other ways, please contact me and I will give you a free license.

This project is five years old, and I have maintained this project for five years. Over the past year, I didn't spend lots of time on this project because I've been busy with work, and there have been fewer updates. But I still keep doing bug fixes and small feature requests.

Please believe that I have put unparalleled energy into this project. Feature requests and bug fixes are not done without any effort. For the sustainable development of this project, I will make some parts of this project (the C# part is completely rewritten) and the new ones added in the future as paid features.

And, the open-source part of this project will still stay free, and free for always.

Now I'm trying to start an "At Least One Feature Request or Bug Fix Per Month Plan", which means that I will at least make one feature request or bug fix done every month for paid users, and this plugin will update monthly. This basically improves the value of this plugin for paid users and makes this plugin live longer and better.

Please just fire your feature request or bug report, and I will try to fix them. And don't forget to upload your screenshots of "Help -> Register or Manage Licenses". And if someone else already fired a feature request or bug report, please 👍 for that.

Happy coding~

[izhangzhihao]

Hi, sad news for students(It does NOT affect the license already obtained), I found that more than 65% of the orders were from students. But the basic free-to-use features are enough for students' coding, so I disabled the free educational licenses for students. If you really think that you need the paid features, please contact me by my email.

[wuxinhexa]

Hi, sad news for students(It does NOT affect the license already obtained), I found that more than 65% of the orders were from students. But the basic free-to-use features are enough for students' coding, so I disabled the free educational licenses for students. If you really think that you need the paid features, please contact me by my email.

I see, thank you for your reply.

[azeek]

All good. But why not provide a fallback license?

[Bleibtreu]

I don't think lifelong license should be provided, which consumes the passion and driving force of the author.

[izhangzhihao]

Thank you for considering from author's perspective. I also think about it from the end-user's side – some users strongly prefer a one-time payment, so I currently offer both options. And to be honest, users choosing the one-time purchase option aren't actually a significant portion. And this plugin will update regularly, for features and bug reports, please raise a new issue.