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XaaS technology. Though I wouldn't even consider it an advancement. Also convergence becoming mainstream. I may not give a crap about Unix philosophy but in some instances they are correct.
Why dont you like xaas? It just describes cloud computing...
Let me rephrase. I'm against taking previously paid applications and turning them into services, refusing to adhere to lifetime licenses and taking features out turning those behind paywalls. Filmora is an example of what I mean.
All for consumers specifically. I don't care about enterprises.
Other examples off the top of my head are Photoshop and Office. It doesn't seem like you can really "own" them anymore, at least not current versions.
At least Microsoft hasn't come out and said its illegal to use old versions like Adobe did. That's just unacceptable.
That sounds like SaaS specifically. In any case, I agree with you, it sucks that you don't get to actually own a piece of software, even though I understand the benefit of a constant revenue stream for the developer so they can continue to push updates (and the second reason why they do it is probably preventing piracy, even though it's still a bit hit or miss - with Adobe CC it's still pretty easy, but Office now can't be cracked IIRC).
I think the best middle ground would be to do what Sketch does with their Mac app or what Photoshop used to do, where you pay a flat fee for the app in its current version, get a few free updates on top and then after some time have to pay again to upgrade to a newer version.
I am in favour of that. Shame that its becoming a more and more rare business model.