That is your experience that I would not challenge. Mine is completely different for a very simple reason: except Netflix I completely ignore products that do n

That is your experience that I would not challenge. Mine is completely different for a very simple reason: except Netflix I completely ignore products that do not offer perpetual license no matter what. And finding decent products I need on generic web in my opinion is way better then doing the same thing on app stores. There are exceptions of course like off-line GPS software.