And this is where the ill effects of SUBSCRIPTION really show themselves.
Whereas IF autodesk had not already acquired the users MONEY they would be forced to deliver a better product to the user to get the money.
Perpetual licenses are still available, and subscriptions hasn't even turned 5 yet, so... WTF are you even talking about?
Did you see how old this thread is before continuing the rant we see in nearly all of your threads?
Autodesk is the reason this particular issue exists, and has yet to be resolved; it has nothing to do with subscription to-date (not saying it looks more promising for future, but subscription didn't get us here Haha).
Cheers
Uhm,,, yea. subscription has been around more like 15 years, not 5. IIRC it was mid 90's that I first got involved with the start of subscription, then called 'VIP' or something to that effect. Heck, Adesk still hast 'PointA.autodesk.com' as a valid URL.
And yes, subscription has been a driving factor in the weakness of improvements and fixes since R14. Fundamentally, it's poor business to spend extensive amounts of resources doing upgrades, if a vendor has already been paid for that upgrade, yet is absolved by the EULA of the subscription of having to produce or create anything.
The sole benefit(s) to customers of the original subscription program were predictable annual costs (coupled with completely unpredictable benefits) and a change in taxation basis -- since subscription costs are directly deductible, and upgrades/license costs over $1K have to b3e treated as capital expenses and amortized.
The desktop subscription, on the other hand, encourages businesses to treat staff as disposable components -- hire on more temps & add a seat license when busy, then get rid of them as soon as the job is completed. It's consistent with a sociopathic view of business ethics.