AmbientShade posted at 8:00AM Tue, 31 December 2019 - #4375065

movida posted at 8:46AM Tue, 31 December 2019 - #4375059

In what universe is rental well received by the masses? The masses? That must be why permanent licenses are an advertising/sales benefit.

Here's another article you might be interested in that digs a bit deeper into the future of a subscription based economy, bit too long to quote:

https://www.zdnet.com/article/5-trends-driving-the-end-of-ownership-and-the-growth-of-the-subscription-economy/

In short, people are done with ownership and are moving to rentership. It's not the businesses that are forcing it on them, the consumers are demanding it.

With all due respect, the rental model is being touted and promoted by those who benefit financially from it - the software companies, who then, as a matter of course, kick segments of their user base to the curb. I'm going to stop right there :)