[jacquesm]

I much prefer that model over services that suddenly disappear.

[izacus]

Not to mention the predatory subscription models that are rampant in mobile for software that is equally as broken, just costing more.

[kitsunesoba]

The "binary abandonment" model can have effectively the same result, though.

An example that come to mind immediately is how much of a mess it is to get games that were built with Games for Windows Live like the PC port of Fable 3 running on modern Windows. It's possible, but there's a ridiculous number of hoops to jump through, none of which would be necessary if Microsoft shipped a quick and dirty update that pulled out the Games for Windows Live dependency.

[howinteresting]

GFWL games are really an exception -- most games on Windows or Proton work fine years down the road.