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by AlexandrB 1206 days ago
> Subscriptions align developer and user interests and produce better products and less wasted money in the long run.

This is not true. One particular problem is that developers no longer have to compete with their "n-1" release, which means a product can regress but the customer is locked in regardless. Especially if proprietary data formats or some kind of cloud storage is involved.