Couldn't agree more. Software COULD just solve a problem and then get out of your way, but because we're stuck in a world where MRR is king people are forced in

Couldn't agree more. Software COULD just solve a problem and then get out of your way, but because we're stuck in a world where MRR is king people are forced into making SaaS trash where the incentives aren't aligned to deliver what technology is capable of. Photoshop/Illustrator was less buggy years ago, and consequently I now just use ancient pirated versions. I feel zero percent bad about this, I'd buy em if I could. Same with Windows, LTSC frozen out of updates is an infinitely better experience than whatever monstrosity Microsoft is peddling these days. Total Commander has been solving the same problems the exact same way perfectly well for 20+ years. I love innovation as much as the next guy, there are constantly legitimately great advancements in software. That, however is not the same thing as a constant drive for change for changes sake. I want to pay a fair price for tools I can rely on today, not nebulous promises of future improvements that result in tools and processes being broken from time to time. It's not worth it. It's not a good trade-off. The idea that I can have something working perfectly fine and have it suddenly break the next day through no fault of my own is fucking abhorrent. I'm not here for it.