I bought 14 games last year from the early 2000's, racing simulator games. They absolutely suck compared to today's racing simulators, except that they don't be

I bought 14 games last year from the early 2000's, racing simulator games. They absolutely suck compared to today's racing simulators, except that they don't because they did stuff differently that they don't do today and I miss some of those features and games for what they were. I also routinely run tons of software that I paid once for, it works for me, and I never have need to upgrade. It rarely stops working with a new OS version, as far as Windows and Linux goes at least. Office 2005 will still export all types of formats, or I could print to a PDF, or I could even just send out an old school .doc file and most people can still open it in whatever program they use today, even if it isn't optimal. Additionally, even if something only works for a limited time, I still got my use and money's worth out of most of that software. I don't expect physical things to last forever, so I also don't expect software to last forever. I'd rather pay once, twice, or more for "pay once" software that I use over 20 years than pay every single month, probably adding up to a lot more than the several copies of different programs over the years would.