<i>&gt; Otherwise, no one would extend until after a new release came out once it ended.</i><p>That&#x27;s only a problem if your renewal price is different from a new license.<p>This is the Oracle model, by the way. Say you buy Oracle with its compulsory support package, then you stop paying (because you don&#x27;t need or want support, you&#x27;re not going to upgrade etc). If at any point in the future you decide you&#x27;d actually like to buy the new version, you&#x27;ll have to pay retroactive fees for all the time you skipped renewing. It&#x27;s... not really nice.<p>In this sense, a switch to clear per-month pricing is actually welcome; it&#x27;s just the &quot;disabling stuff you paid for&quot; that grates.