If by "floating" you mean not a subscription, then sure. Non-subscription licensing for commercial software is going away for all but niche and indie stuff. For

If by "floating" you mean not a subscription, then sure. Non-subscription licensing for commercial software is going away for all but niche and indie stuff. For the same reasons my grocery prices have tripled even though overall inflation has not: People are generally willing to put up with arbitrary increases in cost if it's something they really need. They will complain, but they will still pay. Broadcom's Law, or something. That aside, lots of enterprise software subscriptions still effectively use the floating model because they price by "active user accounts" where an active user is one that has logged in within the last X months. Some will deactivate user accounts automatically when not in use, some you have to make sure to deactivate users when they are no longer with the company or do your own periodic audits.