Piracy is probably the main reason why software developers are finding more success with shipping subscription based software. Most (prospective) users will ind

Piracy is probably the main reason why software developers are finding more success with shipping subscription based software. Most (prospective) users will indeed not subscribe, but you will probably still catch a significant portion of users that would have pirated instead if they had the chance. See what Spotify (and other streaming services) did to illegal downloading for instance.