I skimmed the whole thing, but I don't agree with the author when he says subscription fatigue should really be called spending fatigue. Nor do I agree with the burden being irrelevant whether you do a subscription or a one-time cost.

The first example that comes to mind is what Adobe did, causing it to lose some business, but overall increase profits: switching to a subscription model. I think around 10 years ago or so I paid about $150 for Lightroom. For the last 4-5 years, since Adobe switched to subscriptions, I've paid more than quadruple that just to have access to Lightroom and Photoshop.