[Leo.G (Leo)]

Apparently they get the rights to your work or some such RUBBISH according to what I read somewhere, may have been Whirlpool, may have been a computer related news email my son gets.
I liked the days when you bought the software/games and you owned the software /games, now this subscription based is ripping people off. Now many packages (and games) you pay a subscription to open up the features you really want. It would be like paying for a high level Tesla and having to pay a subscription to have the seat heaters working. WAIT..... They do that too, everything is built into the vehicle you purchase but if you don't know how to hack it (and my son would soon figure it out were I a Muskite (I'm NOT, FAR from it I can't stand the bloke or his BS)) but if you've paid for the feature in the cost of the vehicle it should be yours to use as you please without this subscription.

I love how one of the big business software packages whose name evades me (like most things), oh, MYOB, they advertise pay only for the months you really need it. I've managed a couple of businesses in my younger years, you always needed the accounting software, there wasn't an option to just skip this month and save money, the taxation office wouldn't have liked me for that I'm sure.


I see so many people moving to open source software which to be honest isn't quite as powerful as the professional packages but at what cost?