Kinda sad to hear this...But I have to agree, I personally am not a fan of subscriptions in general. In a way, I understand from a business standpoint as to why it makes sense to have them, but for us designers/devs its sort of a major turn off or U turn. I can see in having a subscription for those who can't afford an all in one time payment of some lump sum ($200-$500+) but can afford the monthly/yearly payments, but on the other hand, also have a one time payment for those of us who can. Should you ever decide to do a one time payment or a variation of sorts, one way you could do it is by allowing us buy the new/current version with all of its updates free until the next version is released. For example, if we bought Leadwerks 5/UltraEngine and we receive all of its updates for free until version LE 6/Ultra Engine 2 comes out a couple years later. Then charge us a small one time fee, for it when its available. I can see in paying something like that or just the one time fee on its own, but monthly/annually subscription isn't too enticing. To be honest, subscriptions is why I left Sketchup, 3DS Max and Maya, and went to Blender. I can take that extra money I would be dishing out for their yearly subscription, (not fully owning anything except my art and creations, etc) and spend it on Blender's addon's and own everything for life. All of the updates for its add-ons are free forever.
