Prime examples I've seen:
Google closing someone's account for using not their real legal name on Google+, locking away access to his music, documents, e-mail, and photos, all of which he'd migrated to his Google account.
Steam closing someone's account and basically cancelling a thousand dollars of "purchased" games because he broke their ToS, which makes you wonder what the difference is between purchasing and purchasing (via Steam) when the price is the same but your recourse is not.
(this is the same with movies and music btw)
That's refreshing... more often than not, latest versions are slower, uglier, and bloated. One more reason to be able to own the previous version.
There's 0 technical correlation between update delivery model and billing model.
I don't think that really applies to the thread here, honestly. :/
>I used to upgrade every couple of versions. This has ended up costing me way more. But I still pay it because I need the software. So I guess they win...
So my post makes perfect sense. They were going to raise the price on you anyways, so you were going to pay more either way. With the new pricing model you're paying more and getting versions you might have otherwise missed.