HAIF

Fair if you use all apps. If only from the forum, it's not fair.

But if I have a forum license, why do you have to FORCE me to pay more (from 110 to 199 per year), giving me applications like Pages, Commerce and Blog which honestly are garbage since you can get better results using other software?
In my project I use Forum and Gallery and honestly, Gallery is so poorly structured and neglected by your development that it is not worth buying. You should offer a light package, only forum.
I also have another project, an Italian support forum, invisionita, which is 13 years old. With these prices, it is becoming unsustainable for me to continue maintaining the project, translating the platform into Italian and helping with guides, etc. I cannot afford to pay $199 for unofficial Italian support.

Why does it seem like IPS just tries to sneak in a new pricing structure? This happened last time as well. Why can't you guys just make a blog post stating "hey are pricing structure is changing", why does it always have to be so secretive? It's only when a member notices it and brings it to light.
Well looks like this will be the end of IPS for me and will be switching back to Xenforo then. I always assumed V5 was just an update, not a whole new force to cloud. 

Have sent via contact us, not aware of email. Hope that's fine. 
 
Its suitable for those who probably have 1 single license (mostly) but for those who have multiple, for simple testing purposes it not suitable. 
Note: Cannot use -Testinstall as it requires to block public access where as I need to measure impact around google/bing.
 
@Charles will these license terms affect third party devs? I was blocked on version 4.4 once Velion went awol and left me with a broken design. So why would I renew? As upgrade mostly breaks the designs.. That's mainly my experience, cannot say for someone else. 
 

I have the Extras, Branding Removal $500. Will this extra be carried over to IPS v5 and the new licencing, or will I need to purchase it again in IPS v5?

Maybe for you, and for people who have all the apps. But if customer X has only 'Forums', he will pay an additional $80 more for applications he will not use.

If I buy ALL apps, but I don't want to so the price was much cheaper than 499$ now.

Thanks, Charles. This is a serious change that should be described on a blog or in a dedicated topic.
For me and for many clients it is breaking news 😬

We have this problem at my forum, too.  Multiple users are reporting it on desktop and mobile. 
I've had it happen to me in both Safari 14.0.1 and Firefox 83.0 on macOS 10.15.7.  Sometimes reloading the page helps.  Often, not.
My users tell me it also happens in Chrome on Windows, but I don't have specific version numbers for those.
It's not confined to the forum.  The problem crops up in the ACP, too.  
While I don't know anything about how IPS works, it looks to me like sometimes clicking on a text field fails to load the rich text editor.
Here you can see the text box has been clicked because Safari highlights it, but the text editor does't load:

Here's what the console log shows:

We have this problem at my forum, too.  Multiple users are reporting it on desktop and mobile. 
I've had it happen to me in both Safari 14.0.1 and Firefox 83.0 on macOS 10.15.7.  Sometimes reloading the page helps.  Often, not.
My users tell me it also happens in Chrome on Windows, but I don't have specific version numbers for those.
It's not confined to the forum.  The problem crops up in the ACP, too.  
While I don't know anything about how IPS works, it looks to me like sometimes clicking on a text field fails to load the rich text editor.
Here you can see the text box has been clicked because Safari highlights it, but the text editor does't load:

Here's what the console log shows: