Of course. Much of the economy runs on "rent-seeking".
One of the fundamentals of economics is that ownership tends to incentivise improvement. If you license something in perpetuity, you more than likely won't be doing the upkeep and improvement yourself. By renting, cash flow goes to the company doing the work and maintenance, and they can appropriately prioritize and fix issues, develop the product, etc.
Compared to SaaS, it's more difficult to develop and maintain on-prem, single purchase software for clients. You don't get to control the deployment or the operational conditions as easily, even if you do get to make certain mandates. It's a more distributed problem.
Perpetually licensed software also has to be priced higher, pushing lots of businesses and individuals out of the market entirely. Lots of customers never get served, and thus lots of money gets left on the table.
If you don't bring value to a company, they won't hire your product to do the job. It also makes it theoretically easier to switch to a competitor if paying for short term contracts.
One of the fundamentals of economics is that ownership tends to incentivise improvement. If you license something in perpetuity, you more than likely won't be doing the upkeep and improvement yourself. By renting, cash flow goes to the company doing the work and maintenance, and they can appropriately prioritize and fix issues, develop the product, etc.
Compared to SaaS, it's more difficult to develop and maintain on-prem, single purchase software for clients. You don't get to control the deployment or the operational conditions as easily, even if you do get to make certain mandates. It's a more distributed problem.
Perpetually licensed software also has to be priced higher, pushing lots of businesses and individuals out of the market entirely. Lots of customers never get served, and thus lots of money gets left on the table.
If you don't bring value to a company, they won't hire your product to do the job. It also makes it theoretically easier to switch to a competitor if paying for short term contracts.