Subscription-based models are a trending scam.

This is why I pirate Adobe products.

@MythicalData

One thing I find annoying is ‘pro’ software which doesn’t have more consumer friendly prices for non commercial use/home users.

The same company for example provides fusion360 for free for non-commercial use.

Adobe has Photoshop Elements but I never liked these editions compared to the ‘full’ versions I used in school.

I really hate any "service" that provides games that you "subscribe" to. But its a double edge sword in a way. You can't (well I guess I mean that I can't) just go around only buying physical copies of games I want for the rest of my life. I don't have the space. But in the event that they get taken down or the service disappears... Well you don't really have a choice.
I dislike all of the "live" or "multiplayer" focused experiences now too. I won't be able to play them in 10 years even if the servers are still up, since the communities will be long dead.
Retro gaming all the way.

its not a scam but the system the companies all want. They dont want you to own anything. So that way you have to do what they say. The day reel-to-reel tape recorders became common place the music industry musta been pissed. I combat the modern content distribution by downloading what i want to keep from other sources. This is no different then recording a tv show with a vcr. I dont pay for any subscription based services except internet. Im not buying a movie/tv show/music/video game streaming service because i cant own anything on it. I have to keep paying to see it unlike buying it once.

I see 100% where your coming from.
Most users dont want to keep anything anymore. the current generation dont want to own anything. They dont realize that when the internet is down they cant do anything lol.

Streaming services will become more expensive as time goes buy. Once physical media is gone then the price will rise because there will be no alternative. (other then the smart people that have the content on their own servers) Stay pirating my friends....

They're really not though.

Would I only listen to my music library from sub services? Yeah, no. Do I gladly subscribe to Game Pass to play games I never intended to buy or only wanted to play once in addition to finding new stuff I didn't even know I wanted?

Indeed I do. A subscription is a service, not a product. Might as well not have Internet if you want to own everything that badly. This seems like you're specifically talking about things that only involve what you care about, and not the model itself.

Give me the entire game on a single cartridge in a single-player or co-op experience, please. Keep multiplayer optional and NOT the main focus.