> The subscription model benefits the consumer because it incentivizes use of the software.
Is that really a benefit? I buy a hammer to meet my needs, not to incentivize myself to hammer things. Even in leisure I don't want to subscribe to my snowboard.
> I suggest that we, as consumers, may need to reconcile with the cost of labor.
Fair if there truly must be on going labor. But some things don't need to keep changing constantly. And if backward compatibility were taken more seriously then we wouldn't be wasting so much effort just keeping shit working.
Is that really a benefit? I buy a hammer to meet my needs, not to incentivize myself to hammer things. Even in leisure I don't want to subscribe to my snowboard.
> I suggest that we, as consumers, may need to reconcile with the cost of labor.
Fair if there truly must be on going labor. But some things don't need to keep changing constantly. And if backward compatibility were taken more seriously then we wouldn't be wasting so much effort just keeping shit working.