And, whereas it's nice that Rider is now free for non-commercial use, and it's definitely a capable IDE, Visual Studio remains an equally capable-and-frequently-updated competitor, not doomed by any single "problem" that I can see?
(Source: have been using both Visual Studio and Rider for C# development for over a decade now, and they complement each other quite nicely, while also offering a perfectly acceptable solution on platforms or within organizations that only support one and not the other.)
Depends on your definition of "free", but, yeah. For non-commercial, non-paid use, both VS and Rider are good options, but this submission still breaks site guidelines and is a dupe...
JetBrains just announced a big shift for Rider, making it free for non-commercial use starting October 24. Whether you're a student learning, a developer creating open-source projects, or a hobbyist tinkering with game development, you can now use the full version of Rider without a subscription. This is a significant move, especially for those of us who code outside of work on side projects or are diving into game dev with Unity or Unreal Engine.
I would assume that as an individual (rather than a company), it's only after you actually start making money from the project that it becomes commercial
Is it ethical to say a software is now free for only a learning license?