Consumers do not want the subscription model. Consumers never wanted the subscription model. That will strike some here as obvious, but it's the important point

Consumers do not want the subscription model. Consumers never wanted the subscription model. That will strike some here as obvious, but it's the important point in all this. The root issue is that big tech has too much power. It is thrusting a model onto the public that primarily benefits itself. I'll bet some of the people here on HN who argue for the subscription model work at smaller businesses, not for big tech. That seems crazy to me: customers can't afford to experiment when it comes to subscriptions. A customer who shells out for 'essential' subscriptions (ie: Netflix, Adobe, Microsoft, Google, Apple, etc) won't have money left to subscribe to your Shopping List app. If a 'conversation' is needed, its aim should be how to defang (pun intended) big tech. A conversation about 'subscription software' alone is pointless unless you have the ear of Tim Cook, Sundar Pichai, etc.