[skrebbel]

I agree with your emotion, as an individual I also worry about the trend away from ownership. But this is targeted at companies, who definitely need to be able to pay the fee, right? (even tiny ones)

For comparison, we pay Hoefler a similar recurring fee for using one font on our website and in our app. I think it's fair. Designing good fonts or icon sets is hard work, and a few hundred euros a year for what's a fundamental part of our marketing and image is a pretty good deal.

[estaseuropano]

One thing is whether they can pay, the other is the process - especially for big orgs each bill has a huge overheaf to check and make the payment, anf the responsible teams have to justify the expense regularly.

[skrebbel]

So badly built red tape at huge orgs is why individual designers should give their work away for free? Come on.