> Why would I spend $200 on some software one time when it will become obsolete within a couple years? Or maybe I only use it a few times. I spent 80€ on Stron

> Why would I spend $200 on some software one time when it will become obsolete within a couple years? Or maybe I only use it a few times. I spent 80€ on Strongbox, and I think it was a similar amount for canarymail lifetime. Strongbox is a keepass2 client, canary is an email client. I expect this software to work without any issues for the next 10 years. Neither keepass2-databases nor imap/smtp will be meaningfully developed in the near future, therefore the maintenance for these apps is probably close to zero. Okay, actually, canary got Sequoia VC money recently and switched to a subscription model. Since then, they added stuff that is useless to me, but I don't care as long as my lifetime licence still works. The core functions likely won't change.