> Right. So you're now you're not just saying that the subscription model is bad, you're saying that you've decided what a full retail paycheck for their software is.

Did you forget that they used to sell it that way? And there are competitors with similar prices. We know what retail price is.

> "Why are they doing what they did to reach that point???"

I never asked that.

They raised their prices so they'd make more money, obviously.

When I say it's too expensive for me, that's not me being confused about why they charge that much.

I'd rather pay for a product plus some profits plus some scaling, and not pay for a product plus some profits plus extremely aggressive scaling.

They can both keep a company around for a long time, and the former might even be better for that.

Like you said a couple comments up, I want "confidence I'm not relying on 1password having indefinite growth to have people work there". The more they focus on very fast growth, the less I have of that confidence.

> I mean how do you think 1Password reached the size where you're essentially calling them "too big to fail"?

They reached a safe size before they switched to forcing subscriptions.