Again, thank you for a well-reasoned good conversation. > Your broader point about subscriptions being forced into some apps that don't make sense is correct,

Again, thank you for a well-reasoned good conversation. > Your broader point about subscriptions being forced into some apps that don't make sense is correct, I just think sometimes people throw the baby out with the bathwater when it comes to subscriptions. I'm willing to pay for something that I spend a lot of time in it. Clearly the developer deserves to benefit from my benefit. But I've been burned by phishing, scams, and malware. So I avoid anything that even looks like it. That undoubtedly throws out a lot of good software that I might enjoy. But it also means that the very same software has room to improve. Thirty years ago, software had demos. Demos weren't laden with advertisements beyond "buy the full product to access this feature!". They didn't have clearly paid-for reviews. Most worked without locking my data after a time bomb expired. Many of those demos resulted in me paying for the software. Some of those demos resulted in me deciding that I didn't like or need the software. The demo fulfilled its purpose. Way too many demos of games got me to buy the full release of those games. BBEdit, like you mentioned, had a Lite version. Demos seem to be gone from the modern walled garden.