The way I wish software development worked was that the norm was paying for the development itself, rather than for the resulting software. Meaning instead of p

The way I wish software development worked was that the norm was paying for the development itself, rather than for the resulting software. Meaning instead of paying for a license you either pay for the development of bug fixes and features you want, or bid towards a pool for them. I know bounty programs exist, but from what I understand they have not been terribly successful.