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Simon so of my software and hardware is way older than that - forward compatability is a desirable option - and forcing users who bought expensive commerical software onto a pay by the month option rankles those who are infrequent users. Equally does running a Windows comaptability checker before upgrading - but not being told CS4 was deaded by the new UI Win 11 sports.
Given I spent years learning CS4 - don't feel like re-learning something that works well for me just becuase someone wants to force users to switch - so a VM approach is painless. This coming from someone who wrote software for 45 years. When you move money in Australia - there is about a one in four chance it is on software or systems I designed - and guess what - it still works, every time, is reilable and bullet proof as hell. Many banks have prettied teh front end but at the back end its all my tech - it was far better designed and robust than many moder designs that came out today.
I do woodwork occassionally - I have both modern tools and gear over 100 years old - and the old stuff really does what it was designed to do well!
Forced modrnisation for commercial benefits to a firms shareholders isn't always a great think - and some freeware is truly great - I just generally loathe subscription models that don't fit my use cases...
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