From Photoshop to Office, a lot of people are unhappy with the trend of software subscriptions replacing traditional models of buying a perpetual license for an app.
However, there are good reasons why software subscriptions are beneficial for both developers and customers.
Ed Bott explains why here:
https://www.zdnet.com/article/i-thought-software-subscriptions-were-a-ripoff-until-i-did-the-math/