In reply to Bryant.

agreed
It is the way software used to work decades ago: I bought Aldus PageMaker 2 to do layout for a side-business magazine (Scarlet Street: the Magazine of Mystery & Horror), may have skipped 1 or more, but at some point decided to upgrade—usually, sad to say, just before I would have had to rebuy the entire program. Then I bought InDesign as an upgrade when Adobe took over, by which time I was a freelance editor, again purchased when it made sense based on features and current cash flow. I was in control. Got off the path by buying InDesign CS4, the last nonsubscription stand-alone—could not justify a monthly subscription when it was not the main focus of my work. I kept an old 2011 computer going until recently purchasing the Affinity Publisher programs for flat fees—yes, I will again have to pay for upgrades at some point, but it is again my decision if/when to do that—as a retiree doing work for grassroots groups, it is purely my choice based on features and if I need to share documents with others.
Admittedly, for Internet software, there is a security component that does not figure into a program that resides on one’s own computer.