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You have a perpetual right to use the product you bought. You don’t have a right to upgrades in perpetuity.

• dumbotron 4y ago
  People like to criticize subscription models, but this is why you actually want them. It's easier to keep everything mostly up-to-date than do a big migration every decade, and if the pricing is set right (it usually isn't), it works out to the same amount in the end.
  • JohnFen 4y ago
    This is why we should have options. I would rather do the occasional migration than have software I rely on constantly changing. Even worse is when that software auto-updates and I can't even decide when the change will happen. Your point is valid as well. There's no reason both of our preferences shouldn't be accommodated.
  • rchaud 4y ago
    People criticize "Subscribe or nothing" models. Sketch (the prototyping app) did the right thing and offered both. One-time fee for lifetime use with 1 year of upgrades, with an annual payment option for continuous updates. I bought a license in 2019, have never needed to upgrade.