> I don't see how "owning" has to include updates for life. Oh, I never meant to imply that. Apologies if it came off that way. I just meant to say that if Up

> I don't see how "owning" has to include updates for life. Oh, I never meant to imply that. Apologies if it came off that way. I just meant to say that if UpfrontPayment.app wants you pay $60 to upgrade to a new major version every year and SubscriptionPayment.app costs $5/month, you end up paying the same amount every year regardless of which one you use. Sure, you can always refuse to upgrade to new versions of UpfrontPayment.app and keep using the version you already own, but that's not always possible in 2024. Changes in OS APIs, file formats, processor architectures, etc. can make it difficult. Outside of Windows, most platforms aren't shy about breaking existing software.