[coldtea]

>Very few people get to say they were at the meeting when these subscription models became the future.

Yeah, it's like being at the meeting where planned obsolelense was first invented, or when a telco devised the "jump through hoops to to cancel your service" concept...

[citizenpaul]

They invented the multi year "free" device and contract bundle. If you are not on one of those it is quite easy to cancel or change provider.