I take your point regarding phoning home. I also think that&#x27;s a problem.<p>But really, you can&#x27;t blame software providers. In the old days they&#x27;d all do the one-off purchasing model, and then they would all starve to death because people don&#x27;t want to pay for software. So it&#x27;s no wonder they&#x27;re going for a model which is actually proven to work, which is a subscription.