Depends on the product. If a product provides some value that requires additional resources for using it like cloud and keeping information constantly updated

Depends on the product. If a product provides some value that requires additional resources for using it like cloud and keeping information constantly updated (like email) then subscription is fine. But many now create a product that just sits on mobile or PC without any real need for additional resources or efforts from the company that released it. Like a meditation app with list of audio files of guided meditations that user constantly use daily just replaying them — this shouldn't be subscription or at least should be a very cheap one. Like $1-2. A meditation app that doesn't produce anything outside installed app that asks for the same money as Netflix for the mere fact that users use it daily is just wrong. Obviously, a meditation app is just an example. You may easily add Adobe products here. If one just uses an app for personal use on one's own PC without needing to connect to other team members or upload anything in the cloud, there is no need for subscription. One-time payment would work much better. Especially when one doesn't need every new update and could stay on the version one bought without being pushed to pay for features or updates one doesn't need. Again, if subscription then it should be really small for such cases. Adobe desperate acquisition of Figma is exactly the sign that Adobe executes wrong pricing policy. The company could make even more money than it does should it provide really cheap or free access for personal use and make real money on businesses. There would be fewer open seats for competition to eat Adobe's pie and more users invested and familiar with Adobe products that would want to use them in businesses too — basically free customer acquisition. Figma did this and crushed it making Adobe in desperation pay $20B for the same product it already has — pure defensive move.