Unless users are entitled to continual to use their last-paid version indefinitely (barring OS breakage), then renting software is definitely not better for consumers.
I believe Panic does it that way -- subscribe for the latest updates, but keep what you have if it works for you.
Think Capture One uses that same model. I cancelled my subscription when I wasn’t doing a ton of photo processing jobs and fired it up months later to find the software still worked just fine. Of course, I don’t think I would get any updates mail I re-upped my subscription.
I certainly don’t like making payments into perpetuity, but am I the only one who can afford a lot more great software in this age of subscriptions?
It is really perpelxing to understnad your complaint is in this situation. Pixelmator offeres a subscription option AND a single purchase option. Yet you are complainging that you can't just pay for the software..... Do you often complain about getting the option you want?
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