abstinence is not immortality

No subscription. Just program.

On your computer. You got to use it forever and ever and never had to worry about it going away.

Because it was physically on your computer. As a program. That you actually owned. Not because you got it separately, but because it was a standard inclusion with your computer.

I'm sorry but I'll just never get over it. I remember when companies cared about their products being usable out of the box. I remember when our things belonged to us.

They did this because they wanted everyone in the world to come to rely on this software, to think of it as indispensable to life. Then when they started charging, the market was right there and they could just collect the money.

Come on. Who’d want me for a flatmate?