As a consumer, I dislike them because they take away control with the buyer/user. If you buy a product in the traditional sense, that's it, you own it and you can (mostly) do whatever you like with it. Resell it, trade it, modify it, keep using it after whatever DRM system is taken down... you get the choice there.

The subscription trends seem like an attempt to sidestep that and remove people's freedoms so companies can dictate how their products are used.

The mentioned price thing is definitely bad too though.