I take your point regarding phoning home. I also think that's a problem. But really, you can't blame software providers. In the old days they'd all do the one-

I take your point regarding phoning home. I also think that's a problem. But really, you can't blame software providers. In the old days they'd all do the one-off purchasing model, and then they would all starve to death because people don't want to pay for software. So it's no wonder they're going for a model which is actually proven to work, which is a subscription.