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[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 days ago (2 children)

That's the result of a fucked business model. Many software devs came and went prior to the subscription model. Technofeudalism is not wanted by anyone but the software publishers.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

To them, it's the perfect business model. Keep you customers in perpetual debt, and dependent.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

I don’t think you can compare software from like 20 years ago to software today.

Things got way more complicated and applications require a lot more work