And even if they are at the beginning, they can randomly be removed later. E.g. Adobe Lightroom, which I pay a subscription for, had the option of moving to a f

And even if they are at the beginning, they can randomly be removed later. E.g. Adobe Lightroom, which I pay a subscription for, had the option of moving to a fully paid version (which was able to open data from the subscription). However now it's no longer possible and when (not if) I stop paying, I won't be able to migrate my catalog (=edits) anywhere, short of exporting all photos as tiffs.