I agree. This is an often overlooked or under-appreciated aspect of these models. Especially for smaller teams or individual software developers, it can provide

I agree. This is an often overlooked or under-appreciated aspect of these models. Especially for smaller teams or individual software developers, it can provide some consistency in income and allow them to budget time to continue to invest in the software. Additionally, pricing models that let you keep your current version of their software when the subscription expires are pretty reasonable as well. I believe the Jetbrains licensing works this way. It gets a little more complicated with bigger companies and software though. For example, how can adobe price Photoshop fairly for a hobby user that uses it once a month and a production designer who uses it 8 hours a day?