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But these apps aren't paid for by subscription.

• Joeri 11y ago
  Every app store purchase is a subscription. If it were a purchase, you could resell. As you can't, it's clearly a rental model with payment up-front. Apple decides when they pull the plug on your 'purchase'. The same thing applies to google play, windows store, steam, etc... The era of buying software is drawing to a close. From here on out it's rental only, unless you follow the advice of rms and use libre software exclusively.