Personally, I think announcing that your product is 'Going Subscription' these days is like giving it the kiss of death

There was a very clear and uncomfortable transition period after Adobe popularised this nonsense and caused many to follow. It was uncomfortable because at the time, the Open Source alternatives weren't quite the power-houses they are today, and people were simply not aware of the alternatives. That is no longer the case, so like I said, I think that announcing that your product is 'Going Subscription' these days is like giving it the kiss of death.

• Don't like Adobe Photoshop constantly sucking on your wallet? - Use GIMP instead.
• Don't like Adobe converting "Substance" into "Subscription"? - Use ArmorPaint instead.
• Don't like Adobe Illustrator constantly sucking on your wallet? - Use InkScape instead.
• Don't like your favourite 3D package going subscription? - Use Blender instead.
• All of the above are open source, forever free, and forever subscription-free.
• All of the above work natively in Linux, so you even get to give Apple and Microsoft the big finger.

The situation is really not a problem these days, so while I love Poser dearly, nothing will ever get me to subscribe to it when there are such capable Linux-friendly power-houses out there. In a nutshell, if Poser went subscription then I'm afraid it's going to be a case of 'Bye Bye Poser' where I'm concerned, regardless of how fond I am of it.