Every app store purchase is a subscription. If it were a purchase, you could resell. As you can&#x27;t, it&#x27;s clearly a rental model with payment up-front. Apple decides when they pull the plug on your &#x27;purchase&#x27;. The same thing applies to google play, windows store, steam, etc... The era of buying software is drawing to a close. From here on out it&#x27;s rental only, unless you follow the advice of rms and use libre software exclusively.