What delineates businesspeople addicted to subscription revenues and people desiring regular pay (salaries) at regular intervals?

The difference between being paid regularly for regular work, and charging an ongoing fee to use already-purchased hardware to its fullest potential.

I am referring to the desire. I presume almost everyone would like to be paid a salary, regardless of working or not working, just like "businesspeople" want subscription revenues.

Everyone has the desire for fist-sized rubies and emeralds too, but having a desire for something doesn't make it reasonable. Exploiting customers so that 'businesspeople' can get what they want isn't justified by "But everyone wants things"

Sure, we should expect them to be greedy, but when they get too greedy we should hold them accountable. It's too late for me though, I stopped buying HP printers ages ago and while all inkjet printers are scams, and I would advise anyone to avoid them in general, HP currently tops the list of printer companies I'd recommend people avoid.

When they try to make their lives easier at the gross expense of their customers?

It's like those terrible runaway train memes where one track has 100 people and the other track has 1 rich man. Guess which side they always choose to run over?

Is your plumber charging you monthly for your toilet subscription?