Originally Posted by
lewinr
Claiming that it must be a service because it is sold as a subscription and not with one-off payment is spurious.
Plenty of software products are sold with both models... for example MS Word and Excel can be bought using either a single payment or a subscription. Using the subscription model does not alter the product which is exactly the same product you get if you buy a perpetual license.
Adobe does the same with most of its products now, including Photoshop and Lightroom. Not even available as a one-time purchase.
That said, I still want to have legit data access for KVS. I'm willing to pay for it, too.