[everdrive]

They only win if you buy them. Never purchase subscriptions. At this point, the default position should be to NEVER purchase a subscription. Exceptions can be made with specific research, and in exceptional cases. But that exception process must be singularly critical and rare.

[JohnFen]

This has been my default position from when the software industry greedily decided to adopt them for things that aren't ongoing services. Software subscriptions are corrosive and lead to a whole ton of bad downstream effects. It's a game I can only lose, so I won't play.