• dreamless_day@feddit.org
    2·
    17 hours ago

    Because software needs to be maintained. Well at least most software that has a subscription model is maintained and gets regular updates. People don’t work for free, you have to pay them

    • ChicoSuave@lemmy.world
      10·
      17 hours ago

      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.

      • Geetnerd@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        15 hours ago

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

      • dreamless_day@feddit.org
        1·
        16 hours 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