> Lifetime thing is a rather large statement, especially with software though isn't it? Most of the pre-subscription model compares were never lifetime purchase

> Lifetime thing is a rather large statement, especially with software though isn't it? Most of the pre-subscription model compares were never lifetime purchases. Software that needed paid purchase update every 3-5 years to get OS support / features. For sufficiently valuable software, people will hold back on an older OS to keep using the software. A lot of high-end film scanners will come with the 68k or PowerPC mac that’s used to run the software, because the alternative would be spending $20-30k for a new one. And industrial systems run on similar models.