Why Sell Lifetime Plans, in a Default Subscription World?

There’s never been just one way to buy software. In ye olden times, if you liked some shareware, you’d mail off a cheque, or call up a hot-line, to get the full version. Later on, you could walk into a store and walk out with a shiny box, manuals, and disks. (source) MS Windows 1.0 These were some expensive boxes: Name Year Price 2025 Equivalent Adobe Photoshop 3.0 1994 $895 ~$1,956 ...