[bkdbkd]

So my carpenter should be happy to keep paying for his drill or his circular saw? He should be grateful for the subscription to the lathe that he inherited from his grandfather?

[sfvegandude]

Drills and saws don’t depend on an operating environment that changes constantly. Imagine if your drill and saw relied on an electrical source that got updated, requiring them to update the saw and drills themselves. Would you want to buy it with a one time fee, knowing that it could mean they go bankrupt? You’d end up with a drill and saw that no longer worked — then for no amount of money, subscription or otherwise, could you do what you wanted to do with it.

[ok123456]

Why should consumers be penalized for programmers breaking their "operating environment" or whatever you want to call rent seeking behavior.

[sfvegandude]

Huh? The environment changes due to the operating system updates.

[ok123456]

Why should that break user programs?

[bdcravens]

Drills and saws are reliant upon attachments that need to be replaced to have any value.

[brandon272]

Yes, but you are not forced to subscribe to a monthly fee to access those replacements (on a replacement schedule that doesn't even match your own usage of the tools), or have any access to the tools whatsoever.