I just wish subscription model would be more friendly for the individual entrepreneurs. Have an hourly/daily renting model.
For example, I pay for IntelliJ, which is my primary tool, and I see the value of what I am paying for. Right now, the price is ~200/year, and will be ok actually paying 10x of that as well. On other hand, I also used to pay for Sketch, Adobe Suite, Parallels, which I used only 1-2 months a year (used it for a week, and maybe another week about 6 months later). So I switched to Affinity products (which also great, just require some learning) for design.
I also really like the SetApp model, marketplace with 250+ apps, for which you pay a monthly/yearly subscription. If you use a few apps, it kind of already can qualify the subscription. If you are using 10+ apps, might be even abusing it.
For example, I pay for IntelliJ, which is my primary tool, and I see the value of what I am paying for. Right now, the price is ~200/year, and will be ok actually paying 10x of that as well. On other hand, I also used to pay for Sketch, Adobe Suite, Parallels, which I used only 1-2 months a year (used it for a week, and maybe another week about 6 months later). So I switched to Affinity products (which also great, just require some learning) for design.
I also really like the SetApp model, marketplace with 250+ apps, for which you pay a monthly/yearly subscription. If you use a few apps, it kind of already can qualify the subscription. If you are using 10+ apps, might be even abusing it.