[aclsid]

If every single utility and app start charging $3 or $5 per month then it becomes a problem. Software as a service is a good concept for something that is truly changing all the time, but I find it absurd that a Photoshop subscription or a huge IDE cost as much as these utilities thst used to be shareware in the past.

The old business model works but you have to keep innovating and diversify your product line. Microsoft was the best example with things like Encarta, Age of Empires and other tools like Project.

This new trend of doing these apps once, with far easier programming languages in a connected environment with plenty of docs, crash report data and things like stack overflow really makes it look that we are talking about cheap people trying to make a quick profit not unlike those free to play games.

[dkonofalski]

This is kind of ridiculous. Photoshop doesn't benefit from being a subscription the way that 1Password does so it's only a problem if you decide to actually buy those for what they're asking for. Something like 1Password does truly change all the time to keep up with security practices, browser updates, and site updates so it fits with what you're describing.