[moltar]

I think you are undervaluing the global market. Photoshop was $500+ one time fee. In many countries that’s a monthly salary. Most of those countries pirated Adobe products.

By switching to subscription they made the barrier to entry lower and unlocked a greater market.

I was very happy with that switch, even though I have a subscription fatigue and general dislike of subscription model misapplication.

But we can’t run away from it. This model is here to stay and more and more businesses will switch if they can.

Best is to adapt your own processes, budgets than to fight or reject.