I think there is plenty of room for lifetime licenses. In fact pretty much any video game works this way! I bought Zelda from Nintendo a few years ago, and Nint

I think there is plenty of room for lifetime licenses. In fact pretty much any video game works this way! I bought Zelda from Nintendo a few years ago, and Nintendo is not making any money from that purchase any more. But they instead make a new game, which I'll buy, and the cycle continues...