[dangus]

The idea that the buy-once model is still working is an idea that would need to be justified with some evidence.

I’m having trouble thinking of a significant collection of medium to large-sized successful software companies that still operate that way.

Video Game companies are perhaps a decent example of that model sort of working, except that the industry has a history of constant studio dissolution and poor working conditions.

So, it’s not that I’m assuming you’re wrong, I just think your idea needs to be backed up with some more evidence. It’s easy to declare that everything about the floppy disks in a box software model works fine but I’m not sure reality supports the hypothesis.