While I much prefer the subscription model myself, there's no way I would have been able to get my parents to pay for a wow subscription as a kid and now as an

While I much prefer the subscription model myself, there's no way I would have been able to get my parents to pay for a wow subscription as a kid and now as an adult I see the problems with that model as well( grindy content, time gating etc). No solution is perfect, the problem is optimizing for profit instead of fun which is to be expected.