Originally Posted by
notquiteaff
Frankly, most subscriptions for products that historically weren’t subscription-based because they were more of a product purchase model (software licenses, for example) tend to be great for the company but not so good for the consumer.
This has been my experience and I generally hate subscriptions. Even now, if it weren't nearly free, I'd rather buy my music than subscribing to it year after year. When Microsoft introduced that Office 365 sub model, I absolutely hated it and just purchased the DVD version for the one time cost and will use it for the next 10 years.