That's their excuse. But I don't want to pay a rent for something that doesn't offer anything new over something I already paid for. I'm okay with paying for ne

That's their excuse. But I don't want to pay a rent for something that doesn't offer anything new over something I already paid for. I'm okay with paying for news, electricity, water, waste collection or even proprietary software as long as it's one-time. But I don't want to pay a rent to keep using heated seats, security cameras or a software without significant updates. That's just pure rent-seeking. That's legalized extortion in my books. Hence my preference for FOSS software.