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I myself also hate to pay for subscriptions and heavily favor to buy something only one time. But I also understand why something like software is sold as a subscription. If you take "normal", physical products like smartphones, cars or literally almost anything else, it is accepted that you have to buy a new one every few years (the time span obviously varies from product to product) and that repairs will also cost money, at least after the guarantee ends. But software is expected and required to be maintained, thus costing the developer money even after you bought it. Online features also lead to sever costs. Because of that, a subscription can be compared to paying for car repairs and maintenance. I think it would be fair if you bought a version of a product for a fixed price, which you could use indefinitely and then to take a small price to upgrade to newer versions.
I mean that's exactly how it used to work. You'd buy Office 2004, you could use it forever. When the new one released you could choose to upgrade if you wanted.
Same with Adobe stuff and everything really
I miss this option. I always used to make my software last for years, before opting to upgrade because of some new features.
I just hate it for stuff I am going to use sporadically. Like iracing. In summer I'll use it like once a month. In winter maybe like 4 times a week. But the price doesn't change. I could not use it for 3 months and then I wasted that money. I don't like that. Also, you never own anything then, which is what they want.